Offshore pioneers outline ambitious £10bn plans to electrify North Sea platforms with floating wind

Offshore pioneers outline ambitious £10bn plans to electrify North Sea platforms with floating wind

A pair of offshore engineering specialists have revealed ambitious plans for a £10 billion floating wind project aimed at slashing emissions from UK oil and gas platforms.

But entrepreneurs Dan Jackson and Mark Dixon, of Cerulean Winds, say they need “urgent” action from government if they are to help oil firms tackle the single biggest challenge in their histories — decarbonisation.

They want to install 200 of the largest floating turbines across two sites west of Shetland and in the central North Sea, with the electricity used to power oil and gas platforms.