BW Ideol confirms Ardersier fabrication yard plans after it secures close to 1GW worth of floating offshore wind acreage in ScotWind leasing round
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Leading offshore wind farm developer BW Ideol AS has reaffirmed plans to create a major manufacturing hub at the former McDermott fabrication yard site at Ardersier after securing rights to develop a floating offshore wind farm with an approximate capacity of 1GW off the northeast coast of Scotland.
Ideol's Floating Energy Allyance partnership secured the option agreement for the area designated NE8 through Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing round.
The is located some 75km to the northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire coast.
The Allyance is a development partnership comprising 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.
Paul de la Gueriviere, chief executive of BW Ideol, said: “This award underlines the pertinence of our co-development model and shows once again how BW Ideol’s unique value proposition contributes to a winning and differentiating bid.
"We strongly believe that a credible execution and industrialization plan, accurate cost assumptions, a proven and bankable technology, and the option to manufacture our concrete floating foundations locally will contribute to our project’s successful execution.
“We will continue with our plans to create a manufacturing hub in the north of Scotland as illustrated by the strategic partnership agreement signed between BW Ideol and the Port of Ardersier in September 2021, and more generally to work to engage with the wider Scottish supply chain.”
