Vattenfall has awarded a contract to the Norwegian oil and gas company Aker Solutions, in collaboration with Siemens Energy, for the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project in the UK. The infrastructure for the 1.4 GW offshore project’s grid connection will be provided by Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy.
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Progression Energy has sold an initial 50 per cent interest in an 800 MW floating offshore wind project in Japan to Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind. The agreement was announced in August 2021, but the financial details have yet to be revealed. The offshore wind project’s location is thought to be suitable for floating wind and is close to grid connections.
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Spain-based Ocean Winds and Norway-based Aker Offshore Wind have together submitted bids totaling 6 GW for the development of floating offshore wind projects in the ScotWind leasing round. Earlier in July, the joint venture filed bids for six offshore wind farm sites in the Outer Moray Firth as part of the ScotWind process.
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BP has agreed to join Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind in a consortium bidding to develop offshore wind energy in Norway. The partnership – in which BP, Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind will each hold a 33.3 per cent share – will pursue a bid to develop offshore wind power in the Sørlige Nordsjø II (SN2) licence area.
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