To bid in the Utsira Nord floating wind tender, Statkraft joined forces with Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind (now Mainstream Renewable Power) in 2021, but the company’s two partners exited the partnership in 2024.
However, in November last year, Statkraft said the company “has continued ambitions to become a significant offshore wind player in Norway, even after Mainstream and Ocean Winds have decided to withdraw from the Utsira Nord competition” .
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The North Irish Sea Array (NISA), which Statkraft said will continue developing, is one of the four offshore wind projects selected in Ireland’s first offshore wind auction.
The company is developing the 500 MW Irish offshore wind farm in partnership with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).
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For Statkraft, this is not the first time it has put the brakes on offshore wind.
In 2017, the company decided to stop investing in offshore wind and to exit its existing projects, citing limited financial capacity as the reason. Statkraft completed its exit from offshore wind in 2018, after divesting its stakes in the Triton Knoll, Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms in the UK.