BayWa RE is to join an existing consortium of Ideol and Elicio, which is preparing a joint bid in the 10GW ScotWind leasing round for a site to develop a floating offshore wind farm.
With the new partnership agreement, BayWa RE will bring to the consortium project development and asset management skills, as well as a presence in Scotland.
BayWa RE chief executive Matthias Taft said: “We are delighted to join forces with Elicio and Ideol, and to jointly drive forward innovation in the Scottish offshore wind sector.
“Our commitment to growing in the Scottish onshore wind market is clear after our first decade of project realisation.
“We now look forward to moving into Scottish offshore waters in the next decade and creating further jobs and value for the local supply chain.”
Ideol chief executive Paul de la Gueriviere said: “With this consortium, we bring together a unique array of corporate and individual capability; we believe that our respective track-records and experience of project delivery in offshore wind, wind project development in Scotland and locally constructible floating wind expertise render our joint efforts particularly credible and we are confident we can demonstrate clear and significant positive local economic impacts.”
Elicio chief executive Alain Janssens said: “The combined and very complementary know-how of our three major companies will undoubtedly contribute to a competitive and risk-managed delivery of projects with a uniquely high local footprint.”
Crown Estate Scotland launched the ScotWind leasing round in June.
BayWa has over 75 employees and 890MW of onshore wind farms under management in Scotland.
Ideol has a team of over 50 experts and has experience of two full-scale floating wind turbines operating in France and Japan since 2018, as well as a 30MW pre-commercial project in the final consenting phase in France.
Elicio has been active in the development of offshore wind projects for more than a decade and owns significant shareholdings in the 370MW Norther and 309MW Rentel projects off Belgium.