BP Enters Offshore Wind Market Through New US Partnership With Equinor
September 10 2020 - 2:46AM
Dow Jones News
By Jaime Llinares Taboada
BP PLC said Thursday that it has agreed a partnership with
Equinor ASA to develop offshore wind projects in the U.S.
The FTSE 100 oil giant said this will be its first offshore wind
venture. Both companies will jointly develop four assets in two
existing offshore wind leases in New York and Massachusetts.
In addition, BP will buy a 50% interest in the Empire Wind and
Beacon Wind projects from Equinor for $1.1 billion. Equinor will
remain the operator of the projects.
"This is an important early step in the delivery of our new
strategy and our pivot to truly becoming an integrated energy
company," BP's chief executive Bernard Looney said.
BP this summer pledged to develop 50 gigawatts of renewable
power by 2030 and to ten-fold low carbon investment to around $5
billion a year.
The deal, which is expected to close in early 2021, "will
leverage BP's trading expertise and onshore wind experience with
Equinor's sector-leading track record in offshore wind", the
company's vice president for gas and low carbon energy, Dev Sanyal,
said.
Write to Jaime Llinares Taboada at jaime.llinares@wsj.com;
@JaimeLlinaresT
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September 10, 2020 02:31 ET (06:31 GMT)
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