Offshore floating wind

“ScotWind has really put Scotland on a pedestal for offshore wind supply chains,” claimed Sharanya Kumaramurthy, market intelligence manager at Energy Industries Council

MarramWind, a joint venture between Shell and ScottishPower, has selected Geoquip Marine to provide engineering data for a 3GW floating wind farm.

Energy giant Octopus Energy has confirmed that it is set to invest in international wind developer Deep Wind Offshore.

Ireland’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS-1) auction has seen over 3GW awarded for offshore wind projects.

The proposed 1GW Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Associated British Ports and the Port of Milford Haven to prepare the region for floating wind farms in the Celtic Sea.

Equinor is interested in developing a gigawatt scale floating offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea in a bid to increase its renewable energy generation portfolio.

Three projects will now be developed in Scotland having been cleared via the ScotWind Leasing initiative, bringing the scheme’s overall capacity to 27.6GW.

Marine Energy Wales has been awarded a funding package from the Welsh government, securing its work until 2025.