Scottish renewables expertise
New research has demonstrated the global reach of Scotland’s renewables expertise with firms at work in Japan, USA, Canada, Jamaica, Finland, Kenya, and more.
The industry extends across 43 countries – on every continent bar Antarctica, and provides goods and services exports worth more than £125m over five years.
Jenny Hogan, director of policy at Scottish Renewables, said: “Countries like Japan, Canada and Chile have seen the lead we’ve built up in wave and tidal energy and now employ Scottish organisations to advise them on developing their own marine energy resources.”
Examples include Orkney-based consultancy Aquatera, which has been involved in the creation of marine energy projects in the United States, Chile, Japan, Columbia, Peru and Indonesia.
And Orkney’s European Marine Energy Centre has been involved in the plan and development of a wave and tidal energy industry in Nagasaki, Japan.
By Anne-Marie Causer
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