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OSLO, Might 26 (Reuters) – German power agency RWE RWEG.DE has joined forces with Norwegian peer Equinor EQNR.OL and metals maker Norsk Hydro NHY.OL to participate in Norway’s first offshore wind tender, the businesses stated on Wednesday.
The acreage the place the tender is held is called Soerlige Nordsjoe II, which borders the Danish sector of the North Sea. “The realm … is ideally situated for the availability of electrical energy to Europe,” the three corporations stated in an announcement.
RWE, Equinor and Hydro will collectively put together and apply to Norwegian authorities to develop a large-scale wind farm with generators mounted to the seabed, though they didn’t present particulars in regards to the measurement of the venture.
“A big-scale offshore wind farm at Soerlige Nordsjoe II may play a key position in increasing the North Sea as an offshore power hub and create new industrial alternatives for Norway as an power nation,” stated Equinor renewables chief Paal Eitrheim.
On Tuesday, one other group of corporations, together with Germany’s EnBW EBKG.DE, stated it meant to compete for acreage in the identical a part of the southern Norwegian North Sea. L5N2NC1F9
(Reporting by Terje Solsvik; Enhancing by Jacqueline Wong and Ramakrishnan M.)
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