Offshore wind: The North Sea sequel

Offshore wind: The North Sea sequel

Everybody loves a big-budget, blockbuster sequel. Half a century after the original and long-running oil boom adventure, the North Sea is poised to repeat and surpass that success with an even bigger net-zero carbon and renewable follow-up: the £16 billion North Sea Transition Deal.

Although the action will move from oil platforms to offshore floating wind arrays, the good news is that much of the existing talent, the skills and the facilities should star in the new version.

The size of the prize is enormous. The UK government-backed North Sea Transition Deal aims to support 40,000 jobs in the sector in return for the industry cutting carbon emissions in half by the end of the decade.