Apollo has received a contract from Celtic Sea Power to develop a floating offshore wind test site in Wales.
The contract covers the pre-FEED for the 400MW Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone Multi-connection Offshore Substation (PDZ MOS) and two 1GW MOSs targeting the Crown Estate Refined Area of Search (RAoS) A.
Located 19 km off the Pembrokeshire coast, the PDZ MOS project is designed to allow offshore renewable energy technology developers easy access to a consented test site complete with a grid connection to prove their technology in the offshore environment.
Partly funded through the European Regional Development Fund the project also aims to stimulate further investment in the region for the floating offshore wind market.
Additionally, the two 1GW MOSs being developed for the RAoS A will demonstrate what a coordinated grid connection could look like for the commercial developments in the Celtic Sea.
This award builds on a successful collaboration between Apollo and Celtic Sea Power in the concept phase to help define the offshore design envelope and onshore connections of the assets.
Jonathan White, Regional Director of Apollo said: “This contract award builds on a successful first phase of the project and underpins the competency and quality of the engineering team at Apollo.
“The PDZ MOS is a unique opportunity for the region to become a leading presence in the emerging FLOW market and we look forward to a continued relationship with Celtic Sea Power to help realise this important project.”
Nigel Jones, Technical Manager at Celtic Sea Power added: “This pre-FEED activity will further refine what good looks like for a coordinated approach to bringing up to 2.4GW of power into the electricity transmission system in south Wales. Apollo’s work will focus on deliverable designs that align with the aspirations for offshore coordination in the UK underpinning Wales’s policy ambition for a stronger, greener better Wales.”