Cerulean chooses vessel provider for gigawatt Scottish floating wind farm as attention turns to turbines

Cerulean development team has put together an 'alliance' of contractors and Mingyang may be the missing link

Ardersier Energy Transition Facility takes shape as a specialised offshore wind port near Inverness, Scotland
Ardersier Energy Transition Facility takes shape as a specialised offshore wind port near Inverness, ScotlandPhoto: Haventus

Cerulean Winds has selected marine construction and operations contractor Ocean Installer as it puts together the pieces for the future development of the 1GW Aspen floating offshore wind farms in Scotland.

The London-headquartered company has set about choosing its preferred suppliers for an "alliance" of companies intended to reproduce the EPCI contractual model widely used in the oil and gas sector.

“Ocean Installer’s addition to the alliance is vital to driving down cost of installation, a critical component within (floating offshore wind) FLOW development,” Cerulean stated in its announcement.

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