Renewable Energy

MPS, Simply Blue to bid jointly for offshore Scotland wind leasing round

Oct. 25, 2022

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has teamed up with Simply Blue Group to develop a project proposal for the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing round run by Crown Estate Scotland.

The companies propose deploying six wind turbines with total capacity of 100 MW on the MPS floating platform, PelaFlex, in water depths of 60-100 m.

Offshore staff

CORK, Ireland — Marine Power Systems (MPS) has teamed up with Simply Blue Group to develop a project proposal for the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing round run by Crown Estate Scotland.

They propose deploying six wind turbines with total capacity of 100 MW on the MPS floating platform, PelaFlex, in water depths of 60 m to 100 m.

This collaboration falls under the Nomadic Offshore Wind project, launched earlier in 2022.

MPS’ tension-legged platform is said to offer significantly reduced system mass and a smaller mooring footprint than competing concepts.

The INTOG leasing round aims to support projects that will directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production (up to a total capacity of 5.7 GW) but also drive commercialization and innovation in offshore wind (up to 500 MW) as well as supporting supply chain development in Scotland.

Last week Marine Power Systems joined forces with WavEC with a view to deploying its modular floating offshore wind platform technology at Vianna do Castello off northern Portugal.

10.25.2022