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.
Norway will allocate Utsira Nord floating wind areas to the Harald Hårfagre JV and an Equinor–Vårgrønn consortium, the two bidders in the first tender, ahead of a state-aid competition worth up to NOK 35 billion.
Consortia led by Equinor–Vargronn and Deep Wind Offshore–EDF Power Solutions have each secured a project area in Norway’s 1,500 MW Utsira Nord floating wind round, with access to a state-aid tender capped at NOK 35bn.
