Britannia INTOG

Installed capacity

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Turbines

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WTG foundations

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Capex

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Route to market

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Ownership

Ownership not recorded

Lifecycle

Site secured

Mar 2023

Transmission

Developer Full

Array voltage

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From shore

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137.16 m depth

Export length

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Supply chain

No supply-chain contracts recorded yet

Britannia INTOG

Design not yet finalised — figures shown reflect the maximum design envelope unless otherwise stated.

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Britannia INTOG is a targeted floating-wind project awarded under Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG (Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing round to provide direct renewable power to the offshore Britannia production platform in the central North Sea. The scheme comprises a developer‑owned floating array sized to match a 15 MW TOG award and is intended to supply AC power directly to the Britannia platform (Block 16/26), avoiding any onshore landfall or OFTO-style transmission divestment; the integrated park is planned to remain in service to the host platform for the life of the field until decommissioning. The award sits in deep water off northeast Scotland (the Britannia platform area is reported in Block 16/26 and nearby blocks) at roughly 137 m mean water depth and about 130–210 miles/kilometres northeast of Aberdeen depending on the source. The project was offered exclusivity during the March 2023 INTOG round; at the auction record time the exclusivity had been offered but the commercial agreement had not been signed. Britannia INTOG is one of two TOG-focused INTOG awards in the same round (the other commonly referenced as “Judy” for a separate block). The project is notable for being a permanent, developer‑owned floating TOG park designed specifically to electrify and decarbonise an installed offshore hydrocarbon platform rather than to export bulk power to shore.

Basic information

2 fields

Also Known As

Britannia · Britannia Floating Wind · Britannia Floating Offshore Wind · Britannia Platform Electrification

Transmission Model

Developer Full

Design Envelope

3 fields

Britannia (INTOG) is described (in the provided analyst guidance) as a small floating wind project intended to provide direct renewable AC power to Harbour Energy’s Britannia platform (UK Central North Sea, Block 16/26), with no onshore landfall and no grid connection/export to shore. The same guidance states it is a 15 MW Targeted Oil & Gas (TOG) INTOG award and that the host platform area is in ~137 m water depth and ~210 km NE of Aberdeen; publicly-available, consent-style Rochdale envelope parameters (turbine count, cable counts/voltages, moorings/anchors, etc.) are not present in the provided web excerpts.

Capacity: 15 MW
Water depth: 137–137 m

Foundation options

floating

Project Timeline 1 events

2023Actual1 event

On 24 March 2023, Crown Estate Scotland announced that a Harbour Energy subsidiary covering the Britannia platform had been awarded an exclusivity agreement under the Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing round, with an option fee of GBP 405,000. Britannia INTOG is a ~15 MW floating offshore wind project designed to supply renewable electricity directly to the Britannia oil and gas platform in the UK Central North Sea, partnering with Harbour's other 15 MW INTOG award (Judy) to decarbonise platform operations. INTOG was the world's first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind to directly supply offshore oil and gas infrastructure.

www.crownestatescotland.com

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