OSLO – Norway’s Equinor and Britain’s SSE Renewables have been selected tobuild the world’s largest offshore wind farm off the British coast, aninvestment of 10.2 billion euros ($11.3 billion), Equinor said on Friday.
The two energy groups were awarded contracts to develop three large scaleoffshore wind projects in the North Sea’s Dogger Bank area with a capacityof 3.6 GW, expected to produce enough energy to power the equivalent of 4.5million British homes, Equinor said.
The wind farm will consist of three projects, Creyke Beck A, Creyke Beck Band Teesside A, each with a capacity of 1.2 GW.
The total 10.2-billion-euro investment will run from 2020 to 2026.
However, a final investment decision for the first project is expectedduring 2020, and first power generation is planned for 2023.
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The clearing price is around 45 euros per megawatt-hour.
“What’s now abundantly clear is that the more offshore wind we build, thecheaper our bills will become,” said John Sauven, the head of GreenpeaceUK, calling on the British government to “raise their ambition levels totackle the climate emergency.”
SSE, a Scottish group listed in London, will be responsible for theconstruction of the wind farm and Equinor will be the operator. -APP/AFP
