{"id":3186,"date":"2023-03-27T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/blog\/2023\/03\/27\/13-offshore-wind-projects-selected-in-world-s-first-innovation-and-targeted-oil-gas-leasing-round\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:00:25","slug":"13-offshore-wind-projects-selected-in-world-s-first-innovation-and-targeted-oil-gas-leasing-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/13-offshore-wind-projects-selected-in-world-s-first-innovation-and-targeted-oil-gas-leasing-round\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Offshore Wind Projects Selected in World\u2019s First Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas Leasing Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTLAND – Crown Estate Scotland has selected 13 out of a total of 19 applications with a combined capacity of around 5.5 GW in the world\u2019s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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According to the company, Crown Estate Scotland has selected 13 out of a total of 19 applications with a combined capacity of around 5.5 GW in the world\u2019s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to attract investment in innovative offshore wind projects in Scottish waters and help decarbonize North Sea operations, Crown Estate Scotland said.<\/p>\n

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OfshoreWIND.biz announced that the INTOG process allowed developers to apply for seabed rights to develop offshore wind projects that either reduce emissions from the North Sea oil and gas sector \u2013 by supplying renewable electricity directly to oil and gas infrastructure (TOG) \u2013 or consist of small-scale (IN) innovative projects of 100 MW or less.\u202f\u202fThis distinctive offshore wind leasing is different from any previously carried out in the UK or the world. INTOG, which has been designed in response to demand from government and industry to help achieve the targets of the\u202fNorth Sea Transition Sector Deal through decarbonizing North Sea oil and gas operations, is also expected to further stimulate innovation in Scotland\u2019s offshore wind sector, create additional supply chain opportunity, assist companies to enter the renewable energy market and support net-zero ambitions.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s results for this very distinctive and targeted leasing round are extremely encouraging. INTOG provides a range of practical ways to support innovation, reduce North Sea carbon emissions, and encourage technical and commercial innovation in the offshore renewables market,\u201d Colin Palmer, Director of Marine at Crown Estate Scotland, said.<\/p>\n

\u201dIn addition to delivering economic and environmental benefits, INTOG should generate funds for the Scottish Government, from initial fees when option agreements are signed, to ongoing rent payments when the projects are constructed and move to operation. Significant challenges still need to be addressed to ensure INTOG\u2019s many opportunities are realized fully, but today marks a real step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201dThis milestone in the INTOG leasing round is the next step in realizing another world-leading opportunity for Scotland\u2019s energy transition: helping both decarbonize our existing oil and gas operations while helping our offshore wind sector to expand, innovate and deliver on our ambition to be a renewables powerhouse,\u201d Michael Matheson, Scotland\u2019s Net Zero & Energy Secretary, said.<\/p>\n

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Source: OffshoreWind.biz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTLAND – Crown Estate Scotland has selected 13 out of a total of 19 applications with a combined capacity of around 5.5 GW in the world\u2019s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms.     According to the company, Crown Estate Scotland has selected 13 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2706,"featured_media":3187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-pst"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pst.inthemaking.be\/pst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}