Ocean Winds drops Arven South as Scottish grid and charging barriers bite

Leonard Mueller
22 March, 2026

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Ocean Winds has moved to hand back the ScotWind lease for its 500MW Arven South floating offshore wind project off Shetland, citing grid connection failures and punishing transmission charges that are increasingly forcing developers to abandon Scottish offshore wind sites.

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