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. Are you missing out on ACCELERATE? Gain valuable insight into the global oil and gas industry's energy transition from ACCELERATE, the free weekly newsletter from Upstream and Recharge. Thursday's announcement by the oil and power heavyweights came the same day bids were due to close for the offshore leasing round.