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On 22 January 2025, Cerulean Winds selected Haventus, the owner of the under‑construction Ardersier Energy Transition Facility near Inverness, as its chosen deployment port for its floating offshore wind developments in the Central North Sea. Cerulean, which has 3 GW of floating capacity under development in this area, is advancing a cluster of projects that includes the 1 GW Aspen floating offshore wind farm as its first scheme, alongside the Beech and Cedar projects, all to be integrated within the North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG). The port selection establishes Ardersier as the principal deployment hub for this cluster, which includes the Cerulean Beech project. The article notes that Ardersier is being redeveloped specifically to support both fixed‑bottom and floating offshore wind projects and has secured GBP 400 million of funding, including a GBP 100 million credit facility from the UK National Wealth Fund and the Scottish National Investment Bank. Construction work to redevelop the facility began in May 2024 and the port is expected to be operational by late 2025, with the capability to support multiple gigawatt‑scale projects. Haventus’s CEO highlighted that Cerulean’s choice of Ardersier strengthens the company’s intent to grow green jobs, support economic growth in Scotland, and help North Sea oil and gas operators decarbonise. For the Cerulean Beech project, this procurement decision locks in a key logistics and deployment base, underpinning future installation planning for the NSRG floating wind cluster.