Crown Estate Scotland has announced the outcome of its application process for ScotWind leasing – the first Scottish offshore wind round in more than a decade.
In all, 17 projects have been selected out of a total of 74 applications, and have now been offered option agreements which reserve the rights to specific areas of seabed.
A total of £699.2m will be paid by the successful applicants in option fees and passed to the Scottish Government for public spending.
