Flotation Energy

We are delighted to announce that, along with our joint venture partner Vårgrønn, we have selected Aberdeen as the strategic and operational headquarters for our £2.5bn Green Volt project.   This paves the way for the development of Europe's first commercial-scale floating offshore windfarm in North East Scotland. Up to 40 direct jobs will be based at Green Volt’s new HQ in the Granite City, which is expected to trigger around £2.5bn of investment and deliver 2,800 jobs.   Nicol Stephen, Chief Executive of Flotation Energy said: “Green Volt is a trailblazing, multibillion pound floating offshore wind project which will kickstart jobs and investment by companies right across the UK offshore supply chain. The choice of our HQ in Aberdeen is clear evidence of our strong commitment to support local jobs and businesses wherever possible.”   Aberdeen was selected for its world-renowned expertise, innovation and its status as home to the largest concentration of subsea supply chain companies in Europe, making it a natural choice for this key energy infrastructure project.   The news comes as 10 Downing Street announces thousands of jobs across the green industries, welcoming more than £24 billion of private investment for pioneering energy projects, including Green Volt, ahead next week’s International Investment Summit.   For more information, see https://lnkd.in/eDTX6pnp RenewableUK, Scottish Renewables, Energy Transition Zone Ltd, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, Invest Aberdeen

The second and final day of #FloatingWind24 included our presentation of Norwegian Offshore Wind’s FWD Floating Wind Award.   Announced as award winners by the Norwegian State Secretary for Energy back in May at the FWD industry flagship event in Haugesund, it was a real privilege for our team to be presented with the accolade at Floating Offshore Wind ’24.   Collected by Alexander Quayle CEng FIMechE, Project Director for Green Volt, the award highlights the hard work our teams are pouring in to drive forward the scaling of floating wind in the UK and through our project pipeline, across other markets around the world.   As included in the Floating Offshore Wind Taskforce report, published by UK Government and industry earlier this week – FOW is a once-in-a-generation opportunity that by 2050 could employ a 100,000 people and contribute £47 billion to the UK economy. In short, the time is now. Thank you to Norwegian Offshore Wind, Caroline Whittle, Monica Bårdsen

Day one at #Floatingwind24, Aberdeen in the bag and it has been an exceptionally busy one for our colleagues, with a number of sessions and panels. Tim Hunter, Floating Systems Technical Authority presented on the opportunities and challenges of re-industrialising the UK for floating offshore wind. Focusing on the rapid progress of Green Volt, our pioneering floating project with JV partner Vårgrønn, Tim posed very real questions around localisation: what's practical; what's valuable; and most importantly, what's achievable in the short, medium and long term of the floating wind sector. Vicky Goodwin, Flotation Energy's O&M Technical Authority was later on an ORE Catapult panel discussing issues around access for floating wind. When it comes to O&M activities, challenges often differ from fixed bottom, with more consideration for variations such as motion and accessibility. Learning from existing fixed developments will provide a solid foundation on which to build out our floating offshore wind O&M strategies, but won't provide all the answers. Victoria's key asks were for better engagement between designers, more transparent data and better modelling as cornerstones to determining optimal strategies. To close the day in the main Conference room, Keith Johnston, Supply Chain Manager led off in a Rapid-Fire Updates session alongside fellow INTOG developers. Keith overviewed Green Volt before providing insight to the supply chain on upcoming project milestones as part of our procurement strategy. #Floatingwind24 RenewableUK, Scottish Renewables National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

We look forward to Floating Offshore Wind – 2024 in Aberdeen over the next 2 days. With a number of speakers and panellists across the conference programme, we will be providing insight on the key challenges and opportunities facing floating wind and how our teams are working collaboratively to drive the industry forward. Our delegation at the conference looks forward to insightful discussions with industry peers and making new connections across the offshore wind sector. #FloatingWind24 RenewableUK Scottish Renewables

We are launching a consultation on our Cenos offshore windfarm this week with a consultation event tomorrow (1 October 2024) at Peterhead Football Club, Aberdeenshire. The Cenos project team will be on hand to provide information about the windfarm development project and answer questions during two sessions from 12-3pm and 4-7pm. The local event in Peterhead is part of our wider pre-application consultation on certain offshore aspects of the Cenos project, running from Tuesday 1 October to Wednesday 16 October 2024. With a nominal capacity of up to 1350 MW, Cenos is a ground-breaking, commercial scale floating wind project that will provide renewable power to the UK grid and the possibility to electrify and decarbonise a number of offshore oil and gas platforms in the UK North Sea. Delivered as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, once complete Cenos will be one of the world’s largest floating offshore windfarms. Cenos is being delivered in partnership with Vårgrønn. To find out more, visit https://lnkd.in/g5NJMJrE

Next week we are co-exhibiting at Energy Taiwan 2024, as part of the UK Pavilion with British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (BCCTaipei). At this keynote conference in the APAC calendar, our locally based team look forward to deepening industry and supply chain connections across the region. Our Transport & Installation Technical Authority, Morgan Wilson will be presenting on Day 1 of the conference as part of the UK Pavilion’s Mini-Seminar series. Morgan’s presentation will specifically explore floating wind installation, drawing on first-hand experience from Kincardine and how as a project team, this technical expertise is being applied to the delivery of floating wind in Taiwan. The Chu Tin floating offshore windfarm development is a joint venture project with Grupo Cobra, located offshore of Hsinchu County on Taiwan’s North-west Coast: https://lnkd.in/e3syYiZA #Floatingwind Sophorn Chea, Reggie Wu, Marcus Dowling,

Last week we visited peers at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland in the Greater Glasgow Area. As leaders in precision engineering and advanced manufacturing, we are delighted to be working with NMIS across a number of workstreams that sit at the heart of enabling the scaling-up of floating offshore wind in the UK. In sharing cross-sector expertise, we are widening the deep technical understanding of what is required to deliver these ground-breaking offshore wind projects. We are also learning from commercial experiences in aerospace, automotive and other engineering sectors that will inform and drive a successful re-industrialisation strategy -needed to deliver offshore wind in the UK more widely. We look forward to continue working at pace with NMIS over the months and years ahead, as we collectively work through the challenges and opportunities that face the UK in delivering the energy transition. #Floatingwind #Offshorewind

We're over the moon that our pioneering floating wind project Green Volt, being delivered with joint venture partner Vårgrønn, has been shortlisted for three awards at this year's Global Offshore Wind Awards, hosted by RenewableUK. Our Consent Manager, Victoria Crossland has been nominated as a finalist in the Unsung Hero category, for her dedication as part of our wider team's commitment to delivering Green Volt's onshore and offshore consents in record time. The Green Volt project has also been recognised as a finalist in both the Offshore Gamechanger and Offshore Wind Project of the Year awards. We look forward to attending the event at the Royal Lancaster, London on the 15th October and wish all our fellow finalists the very best. #floatingwind #floatingoffshorewind #greenvolt

Heading to Energy Taiwan next week? Flotation Energy will be exhibiting on the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (BCCTaipei) UK Pavilion. Our local and international teams are very much looking forward to welcoming visitors to discuss our Chu Tin project and learn more about how we are applying our international track record to develop a pioneering floating offshore wind project in Taiwan.

Our Co-Chief Technical Officer Allan MacAskill has been invited to join the board of the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG). A leading figure in the offshore wind sector, Allan brings a wealth of experience to the position and alongside fellow board members, will play an active role in AREG’s mission of continuing to champion the North-east of Scotland in the global energy transition. On his appointment to the board, Allan said: “My interest in the energy transition was first sparked by involvement in the electrification of the Beatrice oil field. From that, I know that Aberdeen already possesses the offshore capacity, skills, and experience to make the energy transition possible.   “The North-east of Scotland is ideally positioned to closely collaborate with neighbouring countries to build a new economy which exports knowledge, skills and electrons right around the world. Offshore renewable energy offers enormous potential to bring investment worth billions of pounds and create thousands of jobs.   “I am delighted to be joining the AREG Board at this time to help members capitalise on this opportunity.” Allan MacAskill starts his board appointment alongside Andrew Wilson, Managing Director of Coast Offshore.