The Ossian floating wind farm has submitted a consent application to Scottish authorities for 3.6 GW of offshore floating wind, to be developed in the North Sea 84 kilometers out to sea, covering 858 square kilometers, with geotechnical surveys completed in November. This will be the world’s largest floating wind project, or one of the largest, depending on its completion schedule. As of end-2023, global floating wind had a 244 GW nominal project pipeline, but only 270 MW installed. The issue for floating wind is cost. Wind power is cheaper the simpler its base is – with onshore wind being cheap, competitive with solar and other cheap electricity types. Then costs get added once you build offshore – putting big…