Three ScotWind Clearing applicants move into development stage

Crown Estate Scotland has today confirmed that all three successful ScotWind Clearing applicants now have seabed option agreements in place meaning that their projects can move into the development stage.

Full seabed leases are granted at a later stage once applicants have the necessary consents from regulators, such as Marine Scotland, and have secured grid connections and financing.  The addition of three more ScotWind projects takes to 20 the total number of ScotWind projects which now have option agreements confirmed. Together these total up to 27.6GW of clean energy. A total of £56m in option fees will be paid by the three successful applicants taking... ... More: Official Press Release Crown Estate Scotland

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