SSE, Equinor sign PPA for UK Dogger Bank offshore wind farm first phases
The deals are subject to the project reaching financial close which is expected shortly, SSE and Equinor said
The deals are subject to the project reaching financial close which is expected shortly, SSE and Equinor said
Utilities, including RWE, are investing in renewable assets to reduce their carbon footprint, but they often bring in minority investors for wind farms to allow them to focus on new projects
The subsidy will go to wind farms, biomass power generators and distributed solar power operators, as well as solar power projects for poverty alleviation purposes
Equinor, which is already developing the 816-megawatt capacity Empire Wind Phase 1 offshore wind park, plans to use the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal for construction activities, it added in a statement
The interconnector joins the offshore wind parks Baltic 1, Baltic 2 and, from 2021 with Kriegers Flak, allowing electricity production from those plants to flow to both markets, the two companies said in a joint statement
"We're thankful to be able to exchange ideas and ambitions with you, Prime Minister, as you are equally committed to building a more #sustainablefuture. Today we're launching the V155 turbine as a first step towards this," the company tweeted
RWE said on Monday it had secured lease agreements to develop four offshore wind farm extension projects in Britain, including Five Estuaries which is adjacent to the 353 MW Galloper wind farm, in which Sumitomo owns a 12.5 per cent stake
The extension projects have a combined potential installed capacity of around 1.8 gigawatts, with RWE's share amounting to almost 900 megawatts
Iberdrola and its new partner will develop offshore wind projects with a capacity of 3.3 gigawatts, the Spanish company said in a statement
That move came shortly before a regional commission placed a hold on its initial approval of a facility to accept natural gas recovered from Pennsylvania's shale fields via hydraulic fracturing, and store it for eventual export
Saipem has agreed with renewable energy companies AGNES and QINT'X to install 56 wind turbines at two sites off the coast of Italian port city Ravenna, it said in a statement