Malin Sea Offshore Wind
Malin Sea Offshore Wind lies in Scottish waters approximately 23km southeast of the most southern point of Islay, Scotland, and 24km north from Portrush, Northern Ireland. The wind turbine array area spans approximately 32km2, and water depths at the site range from 50m-130m. When operational, the floating offshore wind farm is expected to produce up to 100MW of green energy, enough to power 95,000 households. It is also expected that this wind farm will reduce carbon emissions in the energy sector by displacing over 350,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. To put this into context, the estimated average yearly CO2 emissions per car in the UK is just over 2 tonnes.
The project team is currently engaged in early planning, with commencement of offshore marine surveys planned to take place in summer 2024. The initial surveying phase will consist of deployment of a small number of marine environment monitoring buoys, along with a vessel for geophysical (non-intrusive) surveying activities.
INTOG Leasing Round
The INTOG process allowed developers to apply for seabed rights to develop offshore wind projects that would either reduce emissions from the North Sea oil and gas sector - by supplying renewable electricity directly to oil and gas infrastructure (TOG) - or would consist of small-scale (IN) innovative projects of 100MW or less. This distinctive offshore wind leasing is different to any other previously carried out in the UK or in the world.
