Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the full list of members of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council.
The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council is a strategic leadership group that brings together the Scottish public sector and the offshore wind industry. The group is co-chaired by the Minister for Climate Action, and Brian MacFarlane of SSE.
Group membership includes: Andrew MacDonald (Innovation Working Group Chair, ORE Catapult), Alex Louden (Innovation Working Group Deputy Chair, Ørsted), Andy Riley (Crown Estate Scotland), Claire Mack (Barriers to Deployment Working Group Chair, Scottish Renewables), David Oxley (Highlands, and Islands Enterprise), Jim Brown (Skills Working Group Chair, Energy Skills Partnership), Lloyd Duthie (Supply Chain & Clusters Working Group Chair, Seaway 7), Mark Baxter (Developers’ Forum Interim Chair, Ocean Winds), Paul Wheelhouse (South of Scotland Enterprise), Reuben Aitken (Scottish Development International) and Suzanne Sosna (Scottish Enterprise).
New chairs for the Developer Forum and Skills Working Group will be appointed before the end of 2024.