Ofgem has announced the shortlisted bidders to own and operate transmission links for three separate offshore wind farms. They are:
- Dudgeon: Balfour Beatty Investments, Equitix, Diamond Transmission Partners (Mitsubishi Corporation and HICL), Mari Energy Transmission, Transmission Capital Partners (International Public Partnerships and Transmission Capital Partners Limited Partnership).
- Rampion: Balfour Beatty Investments, Equitix, Diamond Transmission Partners, Mari Energy Transmission (Macquarie Capital Group and Frontier Power), Transmission Capital Partners.
- Race Bank: Balfour Beatty Investments, Equitix, Diamond Transmission Partners, Transmission Capital Partners, Triton Transmission (Dalmore Capital and DIF Infra 4 UK).
The three links are the first of five to be tendered under the fifth round of the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime, which has an estimated value of £2 billion. It will connect 2.3GW of generation capacity, making it the biggest tender round to date.
Bidders will now be invited to tender.
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