Buchan Offshore Wind has placed three large advisory contracts as it develops its 1GW floating wind project in Scotland.
The three contracts were awarded to Copper Consultancy, who will support onshore and offshore stakeholder engagement and consultation.
Natural Power will lead the onshore project development and Environmental Impact Assessment in parallel with their ongoing offshore work.
Blackhall & Powis, who will be responsible for property support, including securing land rights for the substation and onshore cabling, after having already successfully delivered fishery liaison and early land assembly support.
These appointments mark an important step forward within the development process of the project and brings the total value of contracts awarded to date to over £20m, Buchan said.
The consultants have been selected on their experience and expertise in the successful delivery of offshore wind projects and onshore grid connections, plus their strong understanding of the Scottish renewables sector.
Buchan Offshore Wind is a partnership between BayWa r.e., Belgian developer Elicio, and BW Ideol.
The consortium secured the rights to develop the floating Buchan Offshore Wind Farm, through Crown Estate Scotland’s latest ScotWind leasing round.
Located 75km north-east of Fraserburgh, the wind farm will have a capacity of around 1GW, enough to power over 800,000 homes.
Alasdair MacLeod, project director at Buchan Offshore Wind, said: “The Buchan Offshore Wind project team continues to engage with National Grid’s Holistic Network Design process and are committed to rapidly progressing both onshore and offshore elements of the project.
“All three companies bring significant experience and capability to the project team, and we look forward to working with them all as we take the project through to the next stage of development.”