Europe’s First Commercial-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Farm Secures All Planning Approvals
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have obtained the offshore planning approval for the Green Volt floating wind farm offshore Scotland.
This is the first paragraph.
With onshore consent announced earlier this month, Green Volt has now received all its planning approvals and remains on track to be the first commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm in Europe.
Note.
- This is the Green Volt web site.
- Capacity will be between 300 and 560 MW.
- It should be fully operational by 2029.
- It is an INTOG wind farm designed to decarbonise offshore oil and gas fields.
It will also have the side effect of bringing more gas ashore in the UK, instead of burning it to power the platforms.
The Anonymous Widower 
presumably they will be looking to get an award under AR6 later this year to take FID?
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | April 22, 2024 |
I’m not sure if the INTOG wind farms use the same process. They will be feeding the platforms first, I suspect, as that allows more gas to be brought ashore. If more gas is brought ashore, surely we don’t need to buy expensive gas on the open market.
Comment by AnonW | April 22, 2024 |
There a tadty £261/MWh on offer for floating wind cant imagine O&G being prepared to pay that much even if to embellish their green credentials.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | April 22, 2024 |
I suppose, it depends on how much they get for the extra gas!
Comment by AnonW | April 22, 2024 |