SSE Renewables and project partners Marubeni and CIP, has unveiled their new joint venture, Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (Ossian).

Stakeholders from the offshore wind and energy industry were invited to the project's new HQ at Bothwell Street in Glasgow city centre.

Designed by employee-owned creative consultancy Emperor, the new Ossian logo and brand are evocative of the project's relationship with the sea and the historic series of books after which the project is named, 'The Poems of Ossian' depict the epic quests and battles of a third-century Scottish warrior leader, following his adventures across rolling seas.

Ossian Senior Project Manager for partner SSE Renewables, David Willson said: "Along with our partners, we wanted a brand that reflected our innovative outlook and the scale of our ambition. We're very happy with the result and hope that as we continue our journey towards building one of the world's biggest floating wind farms, our branding becomes instantly recognisable."

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Tomoki Nishino, President & CEO from Marubeni Europower said: "We are proud of our international partnership and the experience and expertise that each company brings to the Ossian project. Today has been a wonderful opportunity to connect with industry peers and project stakeholders; a day which marks an early milestone on our way to completion of a world-class renewables energy asset."

Ossian Development Lead, Holly Cartwright, from CIP said: "Along with our project partners, we're delighted to showcase our new brand and to officially open the Ossian project office. We are ready for the challenge ahead of us and look forward to welcoming stakeholders and suppliers to Glasgow, to progressing Ossian towards completion, operation and ultimately to playing an integral role on the journey to net zero."

Ossian is the proposed new offshore wind farm across 858 km2 of seabed in waters off the east coast of Scotland. The project's ultimate aim is to help achieve net zero and when complete, the wind farm will deliver up to 3.6GW of capacity to power almost 6 million homes annually.

Ossian will be a critical project and will provide a significant proportion of the renewable energy capacity we need to meet government ambition and help us reach net zero.