Cerulean Winds plan for North Sea Renewable Grid

• 11 months ago (2023-05-05)
• David Flin

Europe 1061 Offshore wind 119

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Cerulean Winds has announced plans to build the North Sea Renewables Grid (NRSG), an offshore integrated green power and transmission system powered by offshore wind, that oil and gas platforms can plug into.

Cerulean and partner Frontier Power International will develop three 333km2 sites, producing multiple GW. The scale and location close together in the central North Sea will enable a new basin-wide offshore transmission system to be constructed which platforms can access, trading gas and diesel generation for renewable generation.

The project will involve the investment of around £20 billion. Phase 1 of the NSRG will focus on oil and gas operators to support brownfield modifications with future phases exporting power to the grids in southern UK and Europe.

Dan Jackson, founding director of Cerulean Winds, said: “The oil and gas sector is wrestling with the challenges of meeting the North Sea Transition Deal emissions reduction targets whilst supporting UK energy security. We recognise that to achieve meaningful reductions at the pace required, a reliable basin-wide approach is needed that they can plug into when they are ready for affordable power.”