Simply Blue and Ørsted unveil 100MW Salamander

Simply Blue Group, Ørsted and Subsea7 have revealed further details of their 100MW Salamander floating wind project off the coast of Scotland.

The Crown Estate Scotland awarded the project a seabed lease last week as part of its Innovation & Targeted Oil & Gas leasing round, which is for offshore wind projects linked with offshore oil and gas production. The partners said Salamander would help Scotland to grow a floating wind supply chain before the build-out of larger floating wind projects that were awarded support in last year's ScotWind leasing round.

Huw Bell, project director at Salamander, said: “We expect our approach to support the floating wind industry in the same way that fixed offshore wind successfully reduced costs over the last ten years. De-risking floating wind technologies for future commercial projects will allow Scotland to maximise the financial benefit of its strong offshore wind resource and generate long-term jobs for local communities.”

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