Crown Estate Scotland has opened the ‘clearing’ for the ScotWind Leasing round, which will now be limited to the NE1 seabed area.
Clearing allows applicants who met the required standards during the initial round, but who were unsuccessful in securing their chosen location, to revise their application for an available alternative location.
It is open only to those applicants who have already had an application evaluated.
Crown Estate Scotland initially said other seabed areas would be made available for the clearing process in addition to the NE1 site.
However, they have now confirmed that it will be limited to the NE1 lease area.
This ScotWind Leasing round has to date seen 17 projects secure an option agreement.
The deadline for eligible applicants to confirm if they intend to apply for Clearing applications is 10 May 2022.
Once these confirmations have been received, applicants will then be invited to make their submission, Crown Estate Scotland said.
If successful, the resulting option agreements will be signed later in 2022.