{"id":94257,"date":"2021-06-02T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=94257"},"modified":"2021-06-02T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T13:49:08","slug":"floating-wind-hydrogen-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/floating-wind-hydrogen-scheme\/94257\/","title":{"rendered":"Government urged to fast-track floating wind and hydrogen scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cerulean Winds<\/a> plans to accelerate the decarbonisation of oil and gas assets through an integrated 200-turbine floating wind and hydrogen development that would reduce emissions and create jobs<\/h2>\n

The \u00a310bn proposed green infrastructure<\/a> play would have the capacity to abate 20 million tonnes of CO2 \u00a0<\/sub>through North Sea projects West of Shetland and in the Central North Sea.<\/p>\n

The venture is now calling on UK and Scottish governments to make an \u2018exceptional\u2019 case to deliver an \u2018extraordinary\u2019 outcome for the economy and the environment.<\/p>\n

A formal request for seabed leases has been submitted to Marine Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cerulean Winds is led by serial entrepreneurs Dan Jackson and Mark Dixon, who have more than 25 years\u2019 experience working together on large-scale offshore infrastructure<\/a> developments in the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n

They believe the risk of not moving quickly on basin-wide decarbonisation would wholly undermine the objectives set out in the recent North Sea Transition Deal.<\/p>\n

Cerulean estimates that the current 160,000 oil and gas jobs can be safeguarded and 200,000 new roles within the floating wind and hydrogen sectors will be created within the next five years.<\/p>\n

The Cerulean leadership has Tier 1 contractors in place to deliver the UKCS<\/a> backbone development and has engaged the financial markets for a fully-funded infrastructure construct.<\/p>\n

The proposed development involves:<\/h3>\n