Norway Launches First Floating Wind Tender With $3.3 Bln In Subsidies

Norway invites bids for major new floating wind project, Utsira Nord

Norway’s Ministry of Energy is inviting companies to bid for three offshore wind projects of up to to 500 MW each at Utsira Nord, off the coast of Rogaland, where the water depths dictate the use of floating offshore solutions. The second stage of the competition will be to bid for state aid of up to NOK 35 billion (about US$ 3.4 billion), which will be awarded the lowest bidder. Norwegian industry is gearing up to meet the challenge, and at lea…

Statkraft has sent three license applications to NVE in just a few weeks, and would like to build offshore wind at Utsira Nord, even though it is without partners.

Norway Launches First Floating Wind Tender With $3.3 Bln In Subsidies

The tender will award three project areas, each with an installed capacity of up to 500 megawatts, to developers through a two-stage process.

Norway – 20/05/2025 – energysdelamer.eu. The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) approved on 15 April a state aid scheme for the development of an offshore wind farm floating on the Norwegian continental shelf.The aid programme will support the development of a new offshore wind farm floating in North Utsira, in the North Sea, off the coast of Rogaland County.The first part of the long-awaited call for tenders for floating wind turbines was announ…

ConocoPhillips taps Subsea 7 for FEED work off Norway

Offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7 has won a contract for a front-end engineering and design (FEED) by ConocoPhillips for the study of the Previously Produced Fields (PPF) development project off Norway. The  FEED study will finalise the technical definition of the proposed subsea development. Work will begin immediately in Subsea 7’s offices in …

Windtech International - Norway launches first floating offshore wind tender for Utsira Nord site

Norway has opened the first phase of its initial floating offshore wind tender, offering future subsidies to successful bidders. The tender covers the Utsira Nord site, located off the country’s south-west coast, with up to 500 MW of development rights available for commercial projects.