Offshore wind developers reveal details of £20bn North Sea oil and gas plan
The first phases of the project are targeting oil and gas platforms but Cerulean Winds and Frontier Power believe they can export power into the UK mainland and Europe
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Offshore wind developers have revealed more details about a £20 billion plan to provide renewable energy to North Sea oil and gas platforms.
Cerulean Winds and Frontier Power International secured seabed leases from the Crown Estate Scotland. They hope to build more than three gigawatts of floating wind capacity which is expected to cost about £10 billion.
The rest of the sum will be made up from the infrastructure, such as high-voltage cabling and storage facilities, which will be needed to connect the power from the wind farms to where it is needed.
While the first phases of the project are targeting oil and gas platforms Cerulean and Frontier believe they can eventually export power into the UK mainland and Europe.
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