Work to fabricate the foundation for TotalEnergies Culzean floating wind pilot project has officially started.
Archer Wind, which won the contract to develop the project, has made the first plate cut of the structure, which will support a 3MW turbine.
TotalEnergies E&P North Sea UK is proposing the construction and deployment of a floating wind turbine at its existing Culzean platform in the Central North Sea, around 222km east of Aberdeen.
The project aims to demonstrate the possibility of powering one of its oil and gas assets with renewable electricity.
A single floating wind turbine will be built in a single phase and will supply renewable wind power to the Culzean platform.
It is proposed that the floating turbine will be linked via a 2km export cable. There will be no cable links to shore.