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16 July 2021 2:28 GMT Updated 16 July 2021 2:28 GMT in London
Shell and Iberdrola have joined forces in a bid to develop large-scale floating wind farms off Scotland, jointly entering the ScotWind leasing round for new offshore wind rights.
Shell and ScottishPower, the local unit of the Spain-based Iberdrola, submitted multiple proposals to the Crown Estate Scotland under ScotWind, which seeks to spur up to 10 gigawatts of fixed and floating wind.
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Thursday s announcement by the oil and power heavyweights came the same day bids were due to close for the offshore leasing round.
BP is working with German energy firm Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (EnBW). France’s TotalEnergies said last month that it would bid for ScotWind licences with Australian investment bank Macquarie. Equinor of Norway and Scottish Hydroelectric owner SSE are also in the running. Mr Anderson is confident that Glasgow-based ScottishPower will have a good chance of winning licences with Shell. He said: “Bringing ScottishPower and Shell’s collective knowledge, experience and expertise together means we’re perfectly placed to lead the way in developing large-scale offshore floating windfarms and creating a new green industry with massive potential for exporting our skills and experience globally and helping the UK decarbonise its energy generation.”
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