Stoura Offshore Wind Farm (originally Sealtainn) is a 500 MW floating offshore wind project being developed by ESB off the east coast of Shetland. Awarded a ScotWind option in 2022, the project occupies an NE1 plan area roughly 40–52 km offshore and sits in depths suited to floating technology. T...
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During 2023, Sealtainn’s developer produced and submitted an updated Supply Chain Development Statement (SCDS) to Crown Estate Scotland as part of the ScotWind programme, with details of the revised supply chain commitments made available via the Sealtainn entry in Crown Estate Scotland’s 2023 SCDS update list.
On 21 October 2022, ESB Asset Development UK Limited published the Initial Supply Chain Development Statement (SCDS) for the 500MW Sealtainn (ScotWind NE1) floating offshore wind project off Shetland. The SCDS commits Sealtainn to an ambition of spending over £830m in the Scottish supply chain, backed by firm commitments of over £330m, broken down across project stages as £106m development ambition with £76m firm, £392m manufacturing and fabrication ambition with £140m firm, £182m installation ambition with £62m firm, and £152m operations ambition with £54m firm. Subsequent analysis of these commitments indicates Sealtainn’s total projected project spend is about £2.24bn, of which only 14.8% is currently committed to be spent in Scotland.
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ESB Asset Development UK Limited published its Initial Supply Chain Development Statement (SCDS) for the 500MW Sealtainn floating offshore wind project in the NE1 area off Shetland, setting out ambitions to spend over £830m in the Scottish supply chain (including over £330m of firm commitments) and describing early-stage activities such as engagement with Scottish development service providers, fabrication yards including Lerwick Port Authority and Nigg Energy Park, and a review of operations and maintenance options including a potential Lerwick O&M base.
On 21 October 2022, ESB Asset Development UK Limited issued the Initial Supply Chain Development Statement (SCDS) for the 500MW Sealtainn Offshore Wind project under the ScotWind leasing round, setting out its supply chain commitments and ambitions for Scottish expenditure across the project lifecycle, prepared with Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd (OWC) and Lumen Energy & Environment Limited.
Following the ScotWind awards, ESB executed the ScotWind lease option for the 500MW Sealtainn Offshore Wind project off east Shetland, with Crown Estate Scotland confirming that all initial ScotWind option agreements had been signed by April 2022.
As part of the ScotWind leasing round, Crown Estate Scotland offered ESB Asset Development a ScotWind lease option for the 500MW Sealtainn floating offshore wind project off the east coast of Shetland, with initial option agreements for successful projects issued in January 2022.
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