Karlsruhe, Germany-based EnBW and bp plan to jointly develop offshore wind farms off the coasts of Great Britain in a 50-50 partnership.
In the auction for the award of seabed rights by The Crown Estate in the United Kingdom, the two partners secured two large areas in the Irish Sea that are estimated to be the highest-value areas in the first auction of offshore wind rights in England and Wales for 10 years. EnBW and bp plan to build two offshore wind farms there with a combined capacity of three gigawatts, that is enough to power the equivalent of 3.4 million households.
The Crown Estate (TCE), the British state property management organization, had selected a total of four areas within which six project areas were awarded to bidders. EnBW and bp were able to outbid a prestigious field of competitors. Securing seabed rights is a necessary precondition for developing an offshore wind farm. After a habitat’s regulations assessment, which is scheduled to take one year
