The British Crown Estate announced the winning bids for the world’s first commercial wave and tidal leasing round, for ten sites in Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney waters.
The 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity proposed by the wave and tidal energy developers for 2020–600 megawatts (MW) each from wave and tidal–is enough electricity to meet the needs of up to three quarters of a million homes.
The developers have signed development agreements with The Crown Estate, which owns the UK seabed out to the 12 nautical mile territorial limit and over 55% of the foreshore.
The developers who have signed a total of ten agreements for lease are:
Wave
- SSE Renewables Developments Ltd (SSE.L) – 200 MW for Costa Head site
- Aquamarine Power Ltd & SSE Renewables Developments Ltd – 200 MW for Brough Head site
- Scottish Power Renewables UK Ltd (IBR.MC) – 50 MW for Marwick Head site
- E.ON (EOAN.DE) – 50 MW for West Orkney South site
- E.ON – 50 MW for West Orkney Middle South site
- Pelamis Wave Power Ltd – 50 MW for Armadale site.
Tidal
- SSE Renewables Developments (UK) Ltd – 200 MW for Westray South site
- SSE Renewables Holdings (UK) Ltd & OpenHydro Site Development Ltd – 200 MW for Cantick Head site
- Marine Current Turbines Ltd – 100 MW for Brough Ness site
- Scottish Power Renewables UK Ltd – 100 MW for Ness of Duncansby site.
“Leading international energy companies and innovators continue to be drawn to Scottish waters, which boast as much as a quarter of Europe’s tidal and offshore wind resource and a tenth of the continent’s potential wave capacity. Together with some 11 GW of planned offshore wind developments, these latest marine renewables projects show that Scotland is powering ahead in the development and deployment of clean, green energy,"First Minister, Alex Salmond, said.
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