Cerulean Winds has named Haventus’ new Ardersier Energy Transition facility near Inverness, Scotland, as the deployment port for a 3-GW+ floating offshore wind development in the UK central North Sea.

The Ardersier facility, with £400 million ($492.4 million) of funding, will be Scotland's largest offshore wind assembly center on the North Sea coast. It will be used to deploy and service offshore wind installations, including floating offshore wind foundations, and will help establish a local supply chain.

Cerulean and its partners initially plan to develop the 1-GW Aspen wind farm, 100 km offshore, targeting first power between 2028 and 2029.