Shell enters floating gigawatt project
The oil firm acquires the controlling share of an Irish company planning a 300-MW floating facility with potential to reach 1 GW.
Irish project developer Simply Blue Energy has divested 51 percent of the project firm behind floating wind farm Emerald to Shell. The oil company thereby acquires access to the dawning floating wind industry in Ireland. The project, sited in the Celtic Sea south of the island, will have an initial capacity of 300 MW, while the parties eye potential to expand to a gigawatt.
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