With secured growth rights, Mainstream and Ocean Winds have named the venture Arven Offshore Wind Farm. The businesses had been appointed most popular bidder by Crown Property Scotland in the course of the ScotWind clearing course of in August 2022.
Because the Norwegian phrase for heritage or legacy, Arven gives a hyperlink to the proud Norse historical past of the Shetland Islands and to the legacy which each companions plan to create on web site.
With a 50-50 possession, each Mainstream and Ocean Winds are dedicated to growing floating offshore wind on an industrial scale, producing native jobs and alternatives in Scotland and the Shetland Islands.
The location output has the potential to energy the equal of over 2million houses and save 3million tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
“We’re thrilled to progress our plans for the Arven Offshore Wind Farm and, constructing on Mainstream’s Scottish growth expertise and the Aker group’s many years lengthy offshore heritage within the North Sea, we’re able to take a number one function in industrialising floating offshore wind” stated Sian Lloyd-Rees, UK Nation Supervisor for Mainstream Renewable Energy. “Supporting the UK authorities’s Internet Zero ambitions, the wind farm is properly positioned to capitalise on Scotland’s offshore experience and trade as we work with native companions to discover offtake alternatives.”
Mainstream has already partnered with Ocean Winds within the three way partnership KF Wind in South Korea and is in a consortium to bid within the upcoming leasing spherical for floating wind at Utsira Nord in Norway. The 2 firms are additionally additionally main shareholders in main floating wind know-how supplier Precept Energy.
With a confirmed basis of supply of tasks, together with Moray East, the biggest offshore wind farm in Scotland, along with pioneering floating tasks akin to WindFloat Atlantic in Portugal, Ocean Winds is properly positioned to make the most of this chance to help the expansion of the floating wind sector in Scotland.
Ocean Winds is at present working, constructing and growing three offshore wind tasks in Scotland – Moray East – 950 MW, Moray West – 882 MW and Caledonia – as much as 2 GW.
With this award, Ocean Winds now has a complete portfolio of 6.1 GW in Scotland.
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