BP, Mainstream, Statkraft team signs MoU with Norway's Windport

A consortium of BP Plc (LON:BP), Mainstream Renewable Power and Statkraft, which will compete to develop offshore wind in Norway, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Windport in Mandal in the southern part of the country.

The consortium is eyeing fixed-bottom offshore wind development at the Sorlige Nordsjo II (SN2) ‎licence area, located about 140 km (87 miles) off the coast in the Norwegian North Sea. Windport, a unit of Global Ocean Technology, is building a port to serve the SN2 area and the wider market.

The consortium has committed to explore using Windport to develop and operate offshore wind at SN2. The MoU also includes a collaboration charter that envisages capacity-building of the port’s subcontractors.

“Norway is on the verge of an offshore wind revolution and new collaboration models such as our Collaboration Charter will play a key role in ensuring its success,” Sebastian Bringsvaerd, spokesperson for the SN2 consortium and head of Norway and Sweden at Mainstream, said, adding that the partnership has been working with Windport over the last months to support the development of the port and local subcontractors.

Mainstream is partnering with Statkraft and BP to bid for the SN2 area, and with Statkraft and Ocean Winds for floating offshore wind at the Utsira Nord area. Last week, the floating wind team said it will collaborate with Aker Solutions.

It was announced in August, that the offshore wind consortium made up of RWE Renewables, Equinor (OSE:EQNR) and Hydro REIN has also inked a MoU with Windport.

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