A circular economy around offshore wind could provide an extra 20,000 jobs across the UK, on top of the 60,000 projected by the UK Government to be employed within the sector by 2030 .

This is according to a new report produced by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland, which focuses on the offshore wind sector in Scotland up to 2050 and says Scotland could capitalise on the job creation, as well as a 34 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, that the circular economy would bring.