Offshore wind energy - draft updated sectoral marine plan 2025: consultation analysis report
Key findings from the consultation on the draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE), which ran from 30 May to 22 August 2025.
Appendix A: List of Organisational Respondents
Organisational respondent: Aberdeenshire Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Local authority
Organisational respondent: The Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers Scotland (ALGAO Scotland)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Historic environment / cultural heritage
Organisational respondent: Argyll and Bute Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Local authorityOrganisational respondent: Arven Offshore Wind Farm Limited
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore windOrganisational respondent: BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: OtherOrganisational respondent: Buchan Offshore Wind
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore windOrganisational respondent: Cockenzie & Port Seton Fisherman's Association
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: FisheriesOrganisational respondent: Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins (CNPMEM)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Fisheries Organisational respondent: Crown Estate Scotland (CES)Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Offshore windOrganisational respondent: Danish Fishermen’s Association Producers Organisation
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) - Historic Environment Division (HED)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory Agency / Authority
Organisational respondent: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) - Natural Environment Division (NED)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory authority
Organisational respondent: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Local authority
Organisational respondent: Eastern England Fish Producers Organisation (EEFPO)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Other renewables
Organisational respondent: Equate Scotland
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Employment and skills
Organisational respondent: Electricity Supply Board (ESB) - Generation and Trading
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory authority
Organisational respondent: Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: Flotation Energy Ltd
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Help Save Mochrum Fell group
Organisation Sub-Type: Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
Sector: Local campaign group
Organisational respondent: Historic Environment Scotland
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Historic environment / cultural heritage
Organisational respondent: Howell Marine Consulting
Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector
Sector: Consultancy
Organisational respondent: JERA Nex bp
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Nature Conservation
Organisational respondent: Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory authority
Organisational respondent: Mineral Products Association (MPA) Scotland
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Marine aggregates
Organisational respondent: Morven Offshore Wind Limited
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: National Grid Ventures (NGV)
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Power interconnectors and transmission lines
Organisational respondent: National Trust for Scotland
Organisation Sub-Type: NGO
Sector: Historic environment / cultural heritage
Organisational respondent: Natural England
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Nature conservation
Organisational respondent: NatureScot
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Nature conservation
Organisational respondent: North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Climate action
Organisational respondent: National Energy System Operator (NESO)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Power interconnectors and transmission lines
Organisational respondent: North Ayrshire Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Local authority
Organisational respondent: Northland Power
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Norwegian Environment Agency
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory authority
Organisational respondent: Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Oil and gas
Organisational respondent: Outer Hebrides Surfers Association (OHSA)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Tourism and recreation
Organisational respondent: Open SeasOrganisation Sub-Type: NGO
Sector: Nature conservation
Organisational respondent: Orkney Islands Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Local authority
Organisational respondent: Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Limited
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Pale Blue Dot - a Storegga Company
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Carbon capture utilisation and storage
Organisational respondent: Peter & J Johnstone Ltd
Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: PO Les pêcheurs de Bretagne
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Scotland
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Tourism and recreation
Organisational respondent: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) ScotlandOrganisation Sub-Type: NGO
Sector: Nature conservation
Organisational respondent: Scottish Environment LINK
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Nature conservation
Organisational respondent: Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: Scottish Renewables
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: ScottishPower Renewables (SPR)
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Seaview Blackhouse
Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector
Sector: Tourism and recreation
Organisational respondent: Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory authority
Organisational respondent: Shetland Fishermen's Association (SFA)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: Shetland Islands Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Local authority
Organisational respondent: Shetland Isles Marine Planning Partnership
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Other
Organisational respondent: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Power interconnectors and transmission lines
Organisational respondent: Stirling Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Local Authority
Organisational respondent: The Agency for Green Transition and Aquatic Environment (SGAV) (Denmark)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory authority
Organisational respondent: The Agricultural Department of the French Embassy in London
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Fisheries
Organisational respondent: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Regulatory authority
Organisational respondent: The Institute of Acoustics (IOA)
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Other
Organisational respondent: The Law Society of Scotland
Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations
Sector: Other
Organisational respondent: Thistle Wind Partners (TWP)
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Tina Marshall Consultancy Ltd.
Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector
Sector: Consultancy
Organisational respondent: Tingwall, Whiteness, and Weisdale Community Council
Organisation Sub-Type: Public body
Sector: Community council
Organisational respondent: Vargronn
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: West of Orkney Windfarm
Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association
Sector: Offshore wind
Organisational respondent: Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)Organisation Sub-Type: NGO
Sector: Nature conservation