The four projects have a total capacity of 2.284GW which is enough to power around 1.4 million homes. The announcement was welcomed by The Crown Estate which owns the seabed in around the UK coast.
The Neart na Gaoithe project is situated 15 kilometres off the coast of Fife and will be developed by Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd. Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) is a joint venture partnership formed between Repsol Nuevas Energías UK Limited and EDP Renewables UK Limited. It is located 150 kilometres off the Angus Coast. Projects Alpha and Bravo are located 27 kilometres and 38 kilometres respectively at their closest points from the Angus coastline and are being taken forward by Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd (Seagreen), a joint venture partnership formed between Fluor Ltd and SSE Renewables.
“Today’s consent announcements from Scottish Government are another milestone in what has been a landmark year for the UK’s offshore wind industry” said Ronnie Quinn, Lead for Energy and Infrastructure in Scotland for The Crown Estate said. “As manager of the UK seabed we are delighted to see such positive decisions coming through the planning process, further cementing the UK’s position as a global leader in offshore wind and continuing to attract investors to Scotland.”
The Crown Estate has invested up to a £100 million in a range of projects and research designed to accelerate development and attract investors for offshore wind. For example, earlier this year two sites that were helped progress - the Beatrice and MORL offshore wind projects, in the Moray Firth, were awarded consents totaling 1,866 MW; and earlier this summer The Crown Estate announced the lease for UK’s first offshore demonstration of two-bladed turbines on the seabed at Methil.
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