Offshore

Norway awards Utsira Nord floating wind sites

Norway's Ministry of Energy has confirmed that two consortia, including Equinor Utsira Nord, Vårgrønn Utsira Nord and Harald Hårfagre, will each receive a project site for floating wind at Utsira Nord.

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16, December 2025
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On 11 December, Norway’s Ministry of Energy said that each of the two joint bids for floating offshore wind in the Utsira Nord area, off southwest Norway, will be allocated its own project site.

By 15 September, two applications had been submitted, both meeting the ministry’s qualification criteria.

Project area 2 will be assigned to the consortium formed by Equinor Utsira Nord and Vårgrønn Utsira Nord, while project area 3 will be allocated to Harald Hårfagre, a partnership between Deep Wind Offshore Norway and EDF Renouvelables International SAS.

The consortia can now submit draft impact assessment programmes for their respective projects. Once those programmes are approved, they must carry out full environmental impact assessments and file formal applications for development licences.

Licence applications must be lodged within two years of approval of the impact assessment programmes in order to take part in a state-aid competition offering up to NOK 35 billion, equal to about US$988 million.

Tags: Floating wind, Norway, offshore wind, state aid, Utsira Nord

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