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  • SSE and Partners Name 2.6 GW Floating Offshore Wind Project in Scotland

    25 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and its ScotWind partners, Marubeni Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have officially named their up to 2.6 GW floating wind project offshore Scotland for which the companies won the rights in the recent ScotWind auction. The offshore wind farm is called Ossian, after a historical series of books that depict the quests […]

  • ScotWind Leasing Deadline Delayed, Industry Voices Concerns

    12 February 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland has delayed the deadline for applications for ScotWind offshore wind leasing and is carrying out a review of the option structure for the process. The review of the option structure follows the announcement of the results of The Crown Estate’s offshore wind leasing auction for sites in waters around England and Wales. The […]

  • ScotWind Leasing Applicants Get Final Technical Update

    28 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland has provided applicants to ScotWind Leasing with the updated technical guidance needed to progress their applications. Applicants now have the technical information and guidance they need to continue their preparations for submitting their proposals. This follows on from the recent completion of the review of the ScotWind option structure in March, and […]

  • K2 Management: Is ScotWind Lease Hike Compatible with Energy Transition?

    19 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    The following article is a guest post by Will Sheard, Director, Due Diligence & Analysis, K2 Management, discussing the ScotWind seabed leasing round in Scotland, for which the application period closed last week and which saw multiple companies and consortia filing their bids.   The conclusion of Crown Estate Scotland’s (CES) review into the option […]

  • Shell and Iberdrola Bid for Large-Scale Floating Wind Farms Offshore Scotland

    16 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Shell and Scottish Power Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iberdrola, have joined forces to bid to develop the world’s first large-scale floating offshore wind farms in the north-east of Scotland. The partnership has submitted multiple proposals for new large-scale floating offshore wind farms as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing round which closes for […]

  • Pairing Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas Goes Beyond Decarbonisation – Report

    8 April 2022
    Contribution, Industry

    A study commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland has revealed that connecting offshore wind installations directly to oil and gas platforms could help decarbonisation, support economic activity, and encourage new companies to enter the offshore renewable energy sector. The report, carried out by independent consultancy company Natural Power on behalf of Crown Estate Scotland, follows the […]

  • Irish Utility Proposing to Build Two Floating Wind Farms in Scotland

    21 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Irish utility and renewable energy developer ESB has submitted applications for two floating projects, each with an installed capacity of up to 1 GW, in the ScotWind seabed leasing process in Scotland. The company has chosen two sites that are suitable for floating wind technology, which will also complement ESB’s planned developments for the south […]

  • Scotland Adds Three More Floating Wind Projects, ScotWind Capacity Now Almost 30 GW

    22 August 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Three more floating offshore wind projects will be offered seabed agreements in Scotland after Crown Estate Scotland completed the clearing process for the ScotWind seabed leasing round. All three will focus on green hydrogen, according to the Scottish seabed manager. The clearing process made available the NE1 area east of Shetland for applicants who met […]

  • ScotWind Leasing Back on Track with Option Fee Bar Set Higher

    25 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland has completed the review of the option structure for the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, raising the maximum fee that might be paid per square kilometre of seabed from the previous GBP 10,000 (around EUR 12,000) to GBP 100,000 (around EUR 116,000). The Scottish seabed manager announced the review in February, after […]

  • A UK First: Community Ownership of Offshore Wind Farms

    28 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Renewable energy platform Ripple has joined the NextGen consortium which is pursuing seabed development rights within the Crown Estate Scotland ScotWind leasing round. The partnership will help bring community ownership to the offshore wind sector for the first time in the UK, the consortium said. The partnership aims to make a meaningful proportion of future […]

  • ScotWind Developers to Support Scottish Supply Chain Growth

    11 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced 24 new signatories of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) Collaborative Framework Charter with the goal to help build a pipeline of supply chain work in the country. The 24 new signatories include BayWa r.e., BlueFloat Energy, BP, BW Ideol, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIG), EDF Renewables, Fred. […]

  • Entrion Wind Wins ScotWind Feasibility Deal for Its 100-Metre Depth Foundation Tech

    24 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Entrion Wind has been awarded a project to evaluate the feasibility of its patent-pending fully restrained platform (FRP) offshore wind foundation technology by a ScotWind developer. Under the agreement, Entrion will assess the technical and economic feasibility of the FRP foundation technology, extending the monopile and its established supply chain and favourable economics up to […]

  • Ideol and Elicio Preparing Joint Offer for ScotWind Leasing

    31 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ideol and Elicio have partnered ahead of Crown Estate Scotland’s upcoming offshore wind leasing round to offer to co-develop floating wind farms off Scotland. On October 31, the two companies informed that they were preparing a joint offer for ScotWind leasing, adding that they aim to co-develop floating wind projects with the highest level of local added-value. “Combining […]

  • BlueFloat, Falck and Ørsted Seal ScotWind Leases

    12 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have signed option agreements for their two joint projects selected in the ScotWind offshore leasing round, and another option agreement for a third project for which the partnership secured a lease in a consortium with Ørsted. The two leases secured by Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy are located east of […]

  • ScotWind Takes Pre-Launch Step

    31 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland has released the details on ScotWind, the new leasing round for offshore wind projects, so developers can begin preparing project proposals. The near-final documentation released in this pre-launch phase includes some of the proposed steps and processes which are currently close to completion, Crown Estate Scotland said. Developers can access documents to […]

  • Floating Energy Allyance Says Its ScotWind Project Could Create 3,900 Jobs in Scotland

    14 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Floating Energy Allyance (FEA), a consortium comprising BW Ideol, Elicio, and BayWa r.e., has said that its proposals for a floating wind farm, submitted in the ScotWind leasing round, could create 3,900 jobs in Scotland at the peak of manufacturing and construction, if successful in winning the development rights. Floating Energy Allyance (FEA) is one […]

  • Multi-Gigawatt Floating Offshore Wind Project Powers Ahead

    11 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The ScotWind partnership of SSE Renewables, Marubeni Corporation, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have signed the Option Agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for what will become one of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farms off the east coast of Scotland. The SSE Renewables-Marubeni-CIP project is in the E1 Zone in the Firth of Forth […]

  • Irish ESB Joins Northland Power on Two Scottish Offshore Wind Projects

    10 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ESB will acquire a 24.5 per cent interest in Northland Power’s ScotWind projects, the fixed-bottom offshore wind farm Spiorad na Mara and the floating wind project Havbredey. Northland will retain 75.5 per cent in each project and continue to lead their development, construction, and operation. The companies have signed definitive agreements on ESB’s purchase of […]

  • Cobra and Flotation Energy Reveal 7 GW ScotWind Floating Offshore Wind Bid

    22 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Cobra and Flotation Energy plc, the team behind the world’s largest operating floating wind project, has announced it is bidding for up to 7 GW across several sites in Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing Round. The bids have been submitted through Offshore Wind Ltd, their joint venture company and each project will be up to […]

  • Macquarie, RIDG to Place Joint Bid at ScotWind Leasing

    11 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Macquarie, through its Green Investment Group (GIG), and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) have joined forces to bid for the development of an offshore wind project at the upcoming ScotWind leasing round. “By partnering right at the genesis of development, we’re making our earliest commitment in UK offshore wind so far”, said Ed Northam, Head […]

  • BayWa r.e. Joins ScotWind Floating Wind Consortium

    22 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    BayWa r.e. has signed an exclusive agreement to join the existing consortium of Ideol and Elicio to prepare a joint bid for Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind tender. With this new partnership, BayWa r.e. is said to bring significant project development and asset management skills and presence in Scotland to strengthen the existing consortium established between […]

  • 100 MW Scottish Floating Wind Project to Deliver Lifetime Expenditure of GBP 419 Million

    22 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The 100 MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland is estimated to deliver lifetime expenditure of GBP 419 million in the UK and to support the creation of up to 1,385 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs. This is according to supply chain information submitted to Crown Estate Scotland in a format consistent with a Supply […]

  • Eni, Red Rock Team Up for ScotWind Leasing

    12 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Italian energy major Eni and Scottish offshore wind developer Red Rock Power have entered into a 50/50 partnership to make a joint bid in the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round in Scotland. The proposal is supported by the transmission company Transmission Investment, for which Eni and Red Rock say will bring its extensive expertise in […]

  • ScotWind Winners Asked to File Formal Assurances on No Ties with Russia

    11 March 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Crown Estate Scotland has requested the winners of the ScotWind offshore wind auction to submit formal, written assurances that they will adhere, at all times, to the relevant sanctions imposed on Russia. “Crown Estate Scotland is committed to taking all appropriate action to not support trade and investment activity with Russia”, Scotland’s seabed manager states. […]

  • Ørsted to Bid for Floating Wind Farms Off Scotland

    8 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have established a consortium to jointly apply for seabed leases in sites suitable for building large-scale floating wind farms in Scotland’s upcoming ScotWind leasing round. The news comes less than a month after Ørsted revealed its strategic decision to pursue floating wind opportunities as part of its entering into […]

  • ScotWind Partners Award First Supplier Contracts

    11 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a partnership between DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has entered into a series of new supplier contracts for its two ScotWind projects in Scotland. The two projects are the 1 GW Clearan Ear-Thuath floating wind farm located 33 kilometres off the coast of Orkney and the 1 GW Cluaran Deas Ear fixed-foundation […]