LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Crown Estate Scotland has pushed
back the deadline for applicants in its tender for seabed
licences for offshore wind projects after high prices secured in
an English and Welsh auction this week, it said.
Scotland's ScotWind wind leasing tender is its first for a
decade and is expected to attract interest from traditional
offshore wind developers and oil majors seeking to increase
their renewable power portfolios.
An auction of licences around the Welsh and English coast
this week attracted higher prices than many were expecting, with
winners including BP and Total.
“The unprecedented outcome ... has, overnight, changed the
market dynamics around offshore wind leasing and could have
significant implications for offshore wind development in
Scotland," Amanda Bryan, Chair of Crown Estate Scotland, said in
a statement.
"It is only right that we consider the implications of this
new situation."
Deadlines for applications will now be extended beyond the
original March 31 date, with a new deadline to be announced
after a review of the option structure, Crown Estate Scotland
said.
(Reporting by Susanna Twidale
Editing by David Goodman)