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Port of Cromarty Firth and IDEOL ink Letter of Intent

By: Tom Russell 18/11/2020 IDEOL

General Windfarms

The Port of Cromarty Firth has signed a Letter of Intent with IDEOL to support its potential floating offshore wind developments off the Scottish coast.

The agreement would see the French-headquartered company and its future local construction partners use the Port’s land and Firth berthing sites and cooperating towards further developing the facilities and infrastructure to establish a concrete hull serial manufacturing yard for incoming floating wind tenders.

Besides business opportunities for local suppliers, the manufacturing would call upon concrete construction methods and create a mix of skilled and semi-skilled work in the Highlands.

IDEOL has teamed up with Elicio and BayWa r.e. to submit proposals for the ScotWind tender launched by Crown Estate Scotland under the consortium name “Floating Energy Allyance”.

Port of Cromarty Firth Chief Executive Bob Buskie stated that “This partnership shows the vital manufacturing role the Port can play in the rapid expansion in renewable projects off Scotland’s shores. We have some of the best marine resources in the world and are in close proximity to around 14 of the 15 areas identified in the Crown Estate Scotland’s marine plan for offshore wind development. This agreement is a significant boost to the long-term future of the Port, Invergordon and the Highlands, as it looks to capitalise on the transformation of the energy market from oil and gas to renewables.”

Paul de la Guérivière, CEO of Ideol, commented: “This agreement is testament to our vision to build our floaters as close as possible to the offshore installation sites and in close collaboration with the local communities. We have demonstrated such high local content track record in France and Japan and do not see any reason why we could not reiterate such success stories in Scotland.”

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