Notice is hereby given that Green Volt Offshore Windfarm Ltd, registered under company registration SC698787 at 12 Alva Street, Edinburgh EH2 4QG, has been granted by the Scottish Ministers:

· consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989;

· marine licences under section 20 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 and section 65 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

each with conditions attached, to construct and operate a floating offshore windfarm (and associated transmission assets) at the decommissioned Ettrick and Blackbird oil and gas field, approximately 80 km east of Peterhead with a total area of 116 km2 (central latitude and longitude co-ordinates: 1°36'3" W, 57°33'6" N (WGS84)).

The installed capacity of the proposed generating station will be up to approximately 560 MW comprising of up to 35 wind turbine generators with a maximum height of 264 m above Lowest Astronomical Tide. The proposed generating station will provide renewable electricity to oil and gas platforms in the Outer Moray Firth, with any surplus exported to the national grid.

The Scottish Ministers have not made a declaration under section 36A of the Electricity Act 1989 to extinguish the public rights of navigation in so far as they pass through those places within territorial seas where the structures forming part of the offshore generating station are to be located, as the windfarm is located outside territorial waters.

The decision notice outlining the reasons and considerations on which the decision is based together with related documentation are available for inspection online at https://marine.gov.scot/ml/green-volt-offshore-windfarm and https://greenvoltoffshorewind.com/ or upon written request to: Marine Directorate - Licensing Operations Team, Scottish Government, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB.

A copy of the decision notice has also been sent to Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeen City Council and Angus Council to be made available for public inspection on the planning register.