"Developers will apply for the rights to build small scale innovative offshore wind projects of less than 100MW as well as larger projects connected to oil and gas infrastructure to provide electricity and reduce the carbon emissions associated with those sites," Crown Estate Scotland said at the time. It is anticipated that exclusivity agreements for successful projects will be awarded in autumn 2022 with option agreements signed in autumn 2023. Commenting on the acquisition of a stake in the Salamander project, Martin Neubert, Group Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer at Ørsted, said: "I'm pleased that we have agreed with Simply Blue to become a partner on this promising project which further expands Ørsted's engagement in floating offshore wind and will provide a lot of learnings that we can apply on ScotWind and other floating wind projects as the technology transitions from demo projects to utility-scale.