Current news

Crown Estate Scotland and The Crown Estate have begun the first round of formal engagement with developers on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS).

We are delighted to extend our support for the Marine Conservation Society Scottish Education Roadshow.

Crown Estate Scotland has confirmed that a total of 19 applications have been made for its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing process.

Crown Estate Scotland’s latest annual report confirms that a record level of revenue has been generated for public spending, with the potential for billions of pounds to be invested in Scottish offshore wind.

Ambitious plans for each of the three ScotWind clearing projects have now been published.

20 projects are now progressing, with a capacity of up to 27.6GW.

Following an independent assessment, Crown Estate Scotland mooring licence fees are to rise.

To mark Scotland's Climate Week, we're sharing the story of our recent visit to Robin Rigg Windfarm - the the first windfarm to operate in Scottish waters.

The positive impacts on health, employment and economic activity generated from private boat moorings has been analysed in a new report from Crown Estate Scotland.

Crown Estate Scotland has revealed its plans for a series of community conversation events, under the banner of its recently announced Glenlivet Estate 2050 project.

Three projects will be offered seabed agreements for offshore wind projects following our ScotWind clearing process.

A £970,000 fund designed to support projects and ideas to benefit the environment and local communities has opened for its third round of applications.

From today, we have opened the opened the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing process.

A pilot initiative to increase diversity of land ownership in a planned and managed way has attracted strong interest from tenant farmers.

Excavations to uncover artefacts from Britain’s first operational military airfield are to take place as part of a new initiative between Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre and ZeroFour.

Crown Estate Scotland has begun a new community-focussed project to explore how the Glenlivet Estate might evolve over the next 30 years.

Scotland’s coastal communities are set to gain from a raft of projects designed to protect the marine environment and stimulate economic activity.

Crown Estate Scotland has today published more information on its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing process.

Ronan O’Hara has been appointed as Crown Estate Scotland’s new Chief Executive.

The new Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF), supported by Crown Estate Scotland, is asking marine businesses and industry to help finance projects that will enhance the environment and safeguard ecosystems.

Grants to help support a wide range of environmental improvement projects have been given to communities across Scotland.

A new study on the future of offshore wind has illustrated the scale of potential of the UK seas for future deployment and is helping to understand and address how we best manage the various demands on our marine environment.

Ambitious plans which could see an average spend of £1.5bn in Scotland across each of the 17 ScotWind offshore wind projects have been published.

As part of the ScotWind Leasing round, which has to date seen 17 projects secure an option agreement, a further process of Clearing has begun today.

Through a new website, Crown Estate Scotland shares datasets including offshore wind farms, wave & tidal sites, aquaculture sites, and cable and pipeline agreements as free open data under the Open Government Licence.

Seabed agreements finalised and projects now move to next stage.

A £3.5m programme to upgrade and expand the Thomas Telford Corpach Marina in Fort William has moved a step closer following the securement of final funding.

Young people from Angus have been given a glimpse of future career opportunities in the renewable energy sector, at an event run by the clean growth enterprise hub, ZeroFour in Montrose.

A study has concluded that connecting offshore wind installations directly to oil and gas platforms would help decarbonisation and support economic activity.

Nine communities across Scotland are celebrating after they were awarded grants to support a wide range of projects in their local areas.