Swedish-Belgian group wins Norway’s first offshore wind license
by AFP Employees Writers
Oslo (AFP) Mar 20, 2024
A consortium fashioned by Belgium’s Parkwind and Ikea’s father or mother firm has gained the tender to construct Norway’s first offshore wind farm, Norway’s authorities stated Wednesday.
Following two days of bidding, the three way partnership Ventyr emerged because the winner to develop the deliberate 1,500 MW wind energy farm within the Sorlige Nordsjo II discipline within the North Sea.
The finished public sale is welcome information for Oslo, as doubts have surfaced in regards to the willingness of business gamers to decide to the venture at a time when offshore wind tasks undergo from excessive development prices and rates of interest.
The Sorlige Nordsjo II discipline is situated removed from the mainland in a deep-water space close to the border to Danish waters.
“The primary offshore wind public sale has been successful”, Norway’s Minister of Vitality Terje Aasland instructed a press convention.
Ventyr brings collectively Parkwind, owned by Japan’s Jera, and the funding arm of Ingka Group, the holding firm controlling most of Ikea’s shops.
“I hope they’ll begin as quickly as potential,” Aasland stated.
Norway — Western Europe’s largest producer of oil and fuel — has set a goal of awarding offshore wind energy licenses equal to 30,000 MW by 2040.
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