Scottish seabed landlord Crown Estate Scotland has signed exclusivity agreements for five offshore wind projects that support innovation in the sector.
Earlier in March, 13 projects had been offered initial agreements under the so-called Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing, five of which were picked for innovation projects totalling 499 MW.
In the innovation pot Bluefloat Energy and Renantis partnership secured rights for two projects of nearly 100 MW, with Simply Blue Energy and ESB Asset Development UK for 100 MW each and BP for 50 MW projects.
All five IN projects now have exclusivity agreements in place, helping enable the successful applicants to start offshore wind development work while Marine Scotland’s planning process for the INTOG Sectoral Marine Plan is completed.
If a successful proposed project is offered an option agreement it will go through planning, consenting, and financing stages. Responsibility for these next steps does not sit with Crown Estate Scotland, and projects will only progress to a full seabed lease once all planning stages have been completed.
