Crown Estate Scotland has announced the results of the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply oil and gas platforms.
Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing aims to attract investment in innovative offshore wind projects in Scottish waters, as well as help decarbonise North Sea operations.
The process allowed developers to apply for seabed rights to develop offshore wind projects that either reduce emissions from the North Sea oil and gas sector - by supplying renewable electricity directly to oil and gas infrastructure (TOG) - or consist of small-scale (IN) innovative projects of 100MW or less.