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Vårgrønn and Flotation Energy Award FEED Contracts, Advancing Pioneering Green Volt Floating Wind Project

Kenny Dooley

Green Volt set to unlock £2.5 billion of private investment and create up to 2,800 jobs

16 December 2024: The pioneering floating offshore windfarm Green Volt, based off the Northeast coast of Scotland, has awarded front-end engineering and design (FEED) Phase 1 contracts to two sets of leading engineering companies:

  • Aker Solutions and ABB
  • Aibel and Hitachi Energy

Green Volt, which will be located 80 miles off the Scottish coast, was successful in winning a UK Government Contract for Difference (CfD) in September this year and is the first major commercial floating wind development in Europe. The CfD puts it on track to become the world’s largest floating offshore windfarm with a...

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