Crown Estate Scotland has awarded the Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy consortium an option agreement for a floating offshore wind site.
(Courtesy Ørsted)
Offshore staff
FREDERICIA, Denmark – Crown Estate Scotland has awarded the Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy consortium an option agreement for a floating offshore wind site.
The option for the project, which could supply up to 1GW of power, was awarded under the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round. The facilities will be located 50 km (31 mi) east of Wick, northeast Scotland, and would be Ørsted’s first large-scale floating wind development.
As part of the preparations the consortium will collaborate with Energy Skills Partnership Scotland to help train a skilled workforce for the construction process.
It will also conduct research with the Scottish Association for Marine Science to investigate the potential effects of floating wind developments on the marine environment. This will include assessing how fishing activities can co-exist alongside offshore wind and the interaction of fish, marine mammals and seabirds with floating offshore wind farms.
