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Home›Authorities›Ofgem Opens Tender for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Transmission Links
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February 27, 2025 · about 1 year ago

Ofgem Opens Tender for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Transmission Links

Ofgem is inviting tenders to own and operate electricity transmission links worth GBP 4 billion (about EUR 4.8 billion), connecting the Sofia offshore wind farm to Great Britain’s mainland energy network. Ofgem has opened the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime Tender Round 12, which invites i

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The project connects to the onshore electricity transmission network via electricity transmission assets including cables and both offshore and onshore converter stations and substations.

Located 195 kilometres off Britain’s Northeast coastline in the North Sea, the 1.4 GW wind farm is expected to power almost 1.2 million homes.

When it comes to Ofgem, the British energy regulator plans to launch Tender Round 13 later this year, anticipated to be its biggest tender round to date comprising transmission assets for the following wind farms: the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank C , the 1.1 GW Inch Cape , and the up to 1.4 GW East Anglia 3 .

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