UK tender for 2.3 GW of offshore wind links starts on Oct 10

317-MW Sheringham Shoal wind farm off UK. Author: Martin Cooper. License: Creative Commons. Attribution 2.0 Generic

The bidding process to own the transmission links to five offshore wind farms in the UK totalling about 2.3 GW will start on October 10, UK energy regulator Ofgem said on Friday.

This is the fifth and so far the biggest tender round under the offshore transmission owner (OFTO) regime. Ofgem will select which companies will own and operate the links, valued at GBP 2 billion (USD 2.6bn/EUR 2.3bn) in total, over a 20-year period.

The OFTO tender round 5 includes the links to the following projects:

Name	Capacity	Turbines	Owner(s)
Dudgeon	402 MW	Siemens	Statoil; Masdar; Statkraft
Galloper	340 MW	Siemens	RWE; Siemens Financial Services; UK GIB; Macquarie Capital (each with 25%)
Race Bank	565 MW	Siemens	Dong Energy (100%)
Rampion	400.2 MW	Vestas	EON (50.1%), Enbridge (24.9%) and UK GIB (25%)
Walney Extension	660 MW	MHI Vestas; Siemens	Dong Energy (100%)