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Flotation Energy, Vårgrønn Seal Exclusivity Agreements For 1.9 GW Scottish Floaters

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, and Flotation Energy have signed exclusivity agreements for two floating offshore wind developments under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round.

These two paragraphs give more details.

Once completed, the floating offshore wind farms, with up to a total of 1.9 GW capacity, will provide renewable electricity to oil and gas platforms, aiming to reduce carbon emissions from the assets they supply.

In addition, Green Volt and Cenos projects will also provide electricity to the UK grid.

Note.

1. The 500 MW Green Volt wind farm has this web site.
2. The 1.4 GW Cenos wind farm has this web site.

I can’t see a loser with these wind farms.

• The wind farms provide zero-carbon electricity to oil and gas platforms.
• These platforms cut their emissions, by not using fossil fuels to generate the electricity they need for their operation.
• Some platforms use gas to generate the electricity, so this gas can be delivered to the shore for the UK gas network.
• Any spare electricity will be available for using in the UK electricity grid.
• Crown Estate Scotland will be paid for the lease for the wind farm.

There will be no carbon emissions from the platforms, but there will be extra onshore emissions from any gas that is currently used to power the platforms, if it is burnt onshore in power stations and industrial processes, or used for heating.

But increasingly gas in the UK will be used in applications, where the carbon emissions can be captured for use or storage.

It will be very interesting to see how as offshore operations are decarbonised our total carbon emissions change.

November 2, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Carbon Capture And Storage, Carbon Capture And Use, Crown Estate Scotland, INTOG, North Sea Oil And Gas, Offshore Operations Decarbonisation