Flotation Energy, Vårgrøn File Consent Application for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

February 27, 2025, by Adnan Memija

Flotation Energy and Vårgrøn have submitted a consent application to the Scottish Marine Directorate for the 1,350 MW Cenos floating offshore wind farm.

The applications involve the offshore elements of the project proposals to construct and operate the floating wind farm, along with the associated offshore transmission assets.

“We are taking the learnings and synergies gained from delivering our sister project Green Volt as we progress Cenos, enabling us to capitalise on our first-mover advantage to deliver this innovative and complex development at scale,” said Christopher Pearson, Project Director for the Cenos Offshore WindFarm.

“Whilst we have already engaged with a range of stakeholders and the local community about the project, it is important that the application now undergoes a further round of consultation, with feedback invited now until 4 April 2025.”

Flotation Energy and Vårgrøn were awarded a seabed lease for the site in Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) offshore leasing round in March 2023.

Flotation Energy, Vårgrønn Take First Permitting Step for Another Oil & Gas-Powering Floating Wind Farm

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The Cenos floating offshore wind project will provide renewable power to the UK grid and offshore oil and gas platforms in the UK North Sea, 190 kilometres from the coastline near Peterhead.

The 1,350 MW wind farm is planned to feature up to 95 floating turbines, each with a maximum height of 320 metres.

In addition to Cenos, Flotation Energy and Vårgrøn are developing the Green Volt floating wind project, for which the companies secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) in September 2024.