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Friday July 16, 2021, 12:01 AM A windfarm Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Scottish Power and oil giant Shell have submitted multiple proposals for new large-scale floating offshore windfarms as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing. The companies hope their plans will create new jobs in the region and help the UK achieve its Net Zero carbon emissions targets. Floating offshore wind is expected to grow in the coming years as technology costs fall and is seem as more cost-effective in areas with deep waters like the North Sea. Boris Johnson visited one of Scottish Power’s UK windfarms ...

ScottishPower and Shell have joined forces to bid in the ScotWind leasing round to develop large-scale floating offshore wind farms in the north-east of Scotland. The partnership said it has submitted multiple proposals to Crown Estate Scotland for the leasing round, which closed for submissions on 16 July. ScottishPower and Shell said together they provide the “right blend of skills and experience to successfully deliver these exciting projects”. ScottishPower chief executive Keith Anderson said: “Scotland is the windiest country in Europe and has the biggest and most experienced offsh...

© Supplied by Jan Arne Wold /Equin The north-east is already home to the world's first floating offshore wind farm, Equinor's Hywind Scotland Register here for the Energy Voice daily newsletter, bringing you key news and insight from across the global energy landscape. Thank you for signing up to our newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Oil and gas giant Shell has confirmed plans to participate in the ScotWind leasing round at the eleventh hour. Alongside ScottishPower, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor is bidding to develop the “world’s first” large-scale...

ScottishPower and Shell bid to develop large-scale floating windfarms in UK ScottishPower and Shell have submitted a joint bid to develop large-scale floating offshore windfarm systems in the northeast of Scotland, with a decision expected to be made next year. ScottishPower and Shell claim it would be the “world’s first large-scale” system for the technology The two companies have submitted the bid to create a cluster of new large-scale floating offshore windfarms as part of the Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing, which closed for submissions today (16 July). No details have be...

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 ...