Ørsted and partners awarded gigawatt-scale floating wind site in Scottish seabed competition
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Monday, January 17, 2022
Crown Estate Scotland (CES) has selected the rsted, Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy consortium to enter into an Option Agreement for a new floating offshore wind site off the north-east coast of Scotland.
Key Points:
- Crown Estate Scotland (CES) has selected the rsted, Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy consortium to enter into an Option Agreement for a new floating offshore wind site off the north-east coast of Scotland.
- The award for this floating wind site of up to 1GW in scale has been made through CES's ScotWind offshore wind leasing round.
- By securing this seabed lease area, we're confirming our ambitions in floating offshore wind while expanding our offshore development pipeline and our long-term commitment to the UK.'
- Projects under discussion will examine how fishing interests and offshore wind can work together and study the interaction of fish, marine mammals and seabirds with floating offshore wind farms.