Caithness Offshore Wind Project is a 1,000MW offshore wind power project. It is planned in North Sea, Scotland, the UK. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the permitting stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2026 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2030. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is being developed and currently owned by BlueFloat Energy, Orsted and Renantis. The owners have 33.33% stake in the project respectively. The turbines will be mounted on floating type foundations.
Development status
The project construction is expected to commence from 2026. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2030.
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About BlueFloat Energy
BlueFloat Energy LLC is an offshore wind developer that is transforming the global energy landscape by offering scalable decarbonization solutions to new markets. The company is headquartered in Spain.
About Orsted
Orsted AS (Orsted) is a renewable energy company. It develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, bioenergy plants, solar farms, and energy storage facilities, and provides waste-to-energy solutions and smart energy products. The company produces heat and electricity using coal, natural gas, oil, biomass, wind and solar sources; and sells power and gas in wholesale and retail markets, and optimizes and hedges its energy portfolio. Orsted also owns and operates gas and power contracts, and originates and trades these for optimizing its portfolio; and operates Rene science plants, biogas upgrade facilities and biogas plants. It has operations in the UK, Denmark, Germany, the US, the Netherlands and other. Orsted is headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark.
About Renantis
Renantis, formerly, Falck Renewables SpA is a developer of energy production plants. The company produces clean energy from various renewable sources including wind energy, solar energy, biomass energy, and waste-to-energy. It also offers various activities such as technical/economic evaluation, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, design and financial plan including executions such as negotiation and assignment of contracts, preparation of the contract technical specifications and contractual documents, construction supervision, operation and maintenance and energy portfolio management activities. The company has operational presence in the UK, Japan, France, US, Norway, Sweden and Spain. Renantis is headquartered in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
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