Shell and ScottishPower launch ScotWind bid to develop floating wind farm off north-east coast

Shell and ScottishPower launch ScotWind bid to develop floating wind farm off north-east coast

Oil and gas giant Shell has confirmed plans to participate in the ScotWind leasing round at the eleventh hour.

Alongside ScottishPower, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor is bidding to develop the “world’s first” large-scale floating wind farm off the north-east coast.

The partnership has submitted “multiple proposals” for the new development as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s offshore leasing round.