Aker Offshore Wind (AOW) and Ocean Winds (OW) have joined forces to submit a bid for 6GW of floating offshore wind capacity in Scotland as part of the country’s ScotWind process.
ScotWind is a seabed leasing round carried out by Crown Estate Scotland to award multiple sites in the Outer Moray Firth in the North Sea for new offshore wind development.
Aker Offshore Wind, which is based in Norway, was established in 2020 after an incubation period of a few years at Aker Solutions. It was created by Aker Solutions to leverage its maritime experience and expertise to the transition to low-carbon energy.
Ocean Winds was established in late 2020 by EDP Renewables and Engie after combining their existing and planned offshore wind efforts. It has developed the 950MW Moray East windfarm, which is considered to be the largest windfarm in Scotland.
Aker Offshore Wind and Ocean Winds propose to employ steel-based semi-submersible floaters called Windfloat for their floating offshore wind project.
Once commissioned, the project is expected to become the largest wind energy development in the UK, powering millions of homes.
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