Salamander Offshore Wind Farm, a project being developed by the Salamander Wind Project Company Limited—a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group, and Subsea7—has submitted its consent applications for the onshore aspects of its proposed floating development, located 35 km off Peterhead on the east coast of Scotland.
The applications outline Salamander’s plans for the onshore components of its proposed development. The first submission has been made to Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore substation and associated infrastructure and has been accepted. The second submission, to the Energy Consents Unit of the Scottish Government, includes a battery storage system as part of the wind farm’s energy balancing infrastructure.
These applications follow the offshore consent applications submitted in April this year, which outlined the requirements for the offshore elements of the 100 MW project. The Salamander project was a successful Innovation bidder in Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, signing an Exclusivity Agreement for a seabed lease in May last year.
