Flotation Energy and CNOOC Petroleum Europe have submitted a scoping report to the Scottish authorities as part of plans for an up to 30-turbine floating offshore wind farm to be called Green Volt.
Green Volt would aim to be operational by 2026 and fully electrify the Buzzard oil and gas facility (pictured), which CNOOC Petroleum Europe operates.
The wind farm would also supply electricity to the grid in Scotland, the report said.
The project is planned to be built on a brownfield site previously hosting the Ettrick and Blackbird oil field, 75km east of the Aberdeenshire coast.
One export cable would supply Buzzard, which is 15km away, while a second export cable would supply the National Grid making landfall near Peterhead.
Turbines between 10MW and 16MW would be deployed to harness wind speeds of 10.93 metres a second, the report said.
The developers will look to seek a lease for the project in Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) decarbonisation leasing round, which is expected to kick off early next year.
INTOG has been designed to allow developers to apply for the rights to build offshore wind farms specifically to provide low carbon electricity to power oil and gas installations and help to decarbonise the sector.