Stromar is a floating offshore wind farm development off Caithness in northern Scotland, around 80km north of Fraserburgh. Generating up to 1.5GW of power it could be one of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farms. That’s enough clean, green energy to power close to *1.5 million homes.
Stromar is a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy and Nadara.
The project is led by a consortium combining Ørsted’s unparalleled expertise in developing and building offshore wind farms, BlueFloat Energy’s unique experience in floating wind projects and Nadara’s strong track record of community engagement in Scotland and global renewable energy project development.
Since pioneering the first ever offshore wind farm in 1991, Ørsted has developed and built more offshore wind projects than any other company in the world. Its engineering, procurement, construction, and installation experience is second to none. Ørsted has 12 operational offshore wind farms in the UK powering nearly 7 million UK homes a year and providing around 7% of the country’s electricity.
BlueFloat Energy is developing offshore wind projects around the world. Its team brings together great expertise in the design, development, financing, construction and execution of offshore wind projects. BlueFloat Energy is supported by 547 Energy, the Quantum Energy Partners’ platform dedicated to clean energy investments.
Nadara (formerly Renantis) is known for its pioneering approach and experience with community ownership and engagement, particularly in Scotland. As one of Europe’s largest renewable independent power producers, Nadara has an installed capacity of 4.2 GW on projects worldwide with an 18 GW pipeline.
We intend to include genuine community involvement and ownership for the first time ever in an offshore wind development. We are currently working in partnership with community ownership experts Energy4All to investigate the options for Scottish communities to benefit from offshore wind.
Scotland has the potential to develop a globally competitive supply chain for floating offshore wind which could see Scottish companies delivering projects right across the globe, much in the same way as the oil and gas supply chain has for decades.
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