TotalEnergies became the latest international energy major to position itself for a slice of the action in Scotland’s upcoming offshore wind leasing round with plans to join a consortium bidding into one of the most eagerly awaited tenders globally in the sector.

The French oil & gas giant will join an existing alliance between Green Investment Group (GIG) and local developer Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) to bid into ScotWind, which will award new seabed acreage designed to spur up to 10GW of development off the UK.