Buchan Offshore Wind is the developer of a major floating offshore wind farm 75 km to the northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire coast.
With an anticipated capacity of close to 1GW and a connection date of 2033, the project would feature up to 70 turbines and has the potential to generate the equivalent of the annual power needs of some 1.4 million British homes.
Buchan Offshore Wind Farm represents a major investment in Scotland’s energy industry and Just Transition.
According to an independent study by Biggar Economics, the project will create close to 2,900 Scottish jobs at the peak of construction, driven in large part by the manufacture of concrete foundations at the Port of Ardersier.
The development is projected to spend more than £900m with Scottish suppliers during development, construction and installation, and to add more than £2billion to the Scottish economy over its lifetime.
It would spend more than £80m a year with Scottish suppliers during operations and maintenance, supporting some 500 jobs across the Scottish supply chain on an ongoing basis over its thirty-year lifetime.
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The partnership secured the right to develop the NE8 area in the ScotWind leasing round, which concluded in early 2022.
The partners are BayWa r.e., a global renewable energy business with UK offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh; Elicio, an experienced Belgian offshore wind developer, owner and operator; and BW Ideol, a proven floating technology leader and international floating wind project co-developer.
The alliance brings together three companies with highly significant, relevant and complementary expertise, which has the potential to accelerate the development of floating wind and bring significant levels of employment to Scotland through its commitment to local manufacturing of the wind turbines’ concrete foundations.
PAUL DE LA GUÉRIVIÈRE
CEO, BW IDEOL
“With this consortium, we bring together a unique array of corporate and individual capability; we believe that our respective track-records and experience of project delivery in offshore wind, wind project development in Scotland and locally constructible floating wind expertise render our joint efforts particularly credible and we are confident we can demonstrate clear and significant positive local economic impacts.”
ALAIN JANSSENS
CEO, ELICIO
“The combined and very complementary know-how of our three major companies will undoubtedly contribute to a competitive and risk-managed delivery of projects with a uniquely high local footprint.”
MATTHIAS TAFT
CEO, BAYWA R.E.
“We are delighted to join forces with Elicio and Ideol, and to jointly drive forward innovation in the Scottish offshore wind sector. Our commitment to growing in the Scottish onshore wind market is clear after our first decade of project realisation. We now look forward to moving into Scottish offshore waters in the next decade and creating further jobs and value for the local supply chain.”
Floating Energy Allyance Secures Rights to Develop Major
Floating Wind Project in Scottish Waters
17 January 2022
The Floating Energy Allyance has secured the rights to develop a floating offshore wind farm with an
approximate capacity of 1GW off the northeast coast of Scotland through Crown Estate Scotland’s
ScotWind leasing round, which concluded today (Monday 17 January).