Wind Energy – Crown Estate Scotland
Crown Estate Scotland yesterday confirmed that seven floating offshore wind projects have signed exclusivity agreements as part of its Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing round.
The outcome of this leasing round was announced in March 2023.
The seven projects, which are intended to supply power to oil and gas infrastructure, add to five innovation projects which obtained exclusivity agreements earlier in 2023, bringing the number of INTOG projects to 12 out of the 13 agreements offered earlier this year. All INTOG projects use floating wind technology.
The IN projects are for up to 449 MW of capacity and the seven TOG projects for up to 5 GW. The exclusivity agreements allow the applicants to continue with development work while Marine Scotland’s planning process for the INTOG Sectoral Marine Plan (INTOG SMP) is completed, Crown Estate Scotland said.
