据OE网站9月10日报道，挪威能源巨头Equnior与英国石油公司(BP)达成战略合作伙伴关系，以在美国开发海上风能项目。
根据协议，英国石油公司将购买Equinor公司在美国东海岸的Empire Wind和Beacon Wind资产50%的股份，总价为11亿美元，然后进行调整。
通过这笔交易，两家公司还将建立战略合作伙伴关系，以进一步发展美国海上风电行业。
目前，Equinor持有位于纽约州沿海的Empire Wind租赁区和位于马萨诸塞州沿海的Beacon Wind租赁区100%权益。
BP首席执行官伯纳德·卢尼（Bernard Looney）表示：“这是实施新战略的重要一步，也是实现真正成为综合能源公司的关键。全球海上风力发电以每年20%左右的速度增长，被认为是满足世界限制排放需求的核心部分。Equinor是业内公认的领导者，我们的合作关系建立在两家公司之间的悠久历史之上。它将在帮助我们实现快速扩大可再生能源产能的目标方面发挥至关重要的作用，并在此过程中帮助提供世界所需的能源。”
Equinor表示，该交易符合其可再生能源战略，即尽早获得有吸引力的区域和规模，开发成熟的项目，并通过降低高股权风险来获取价值。
在开发、建设和运营阶段，Equinor仍将是两个租赁区项目的运营商，预计在一段时间后，风电场将由BP和Equinor同等配备工作人员。
Equinor公司首席执行官EldarS?tre表示，我们期待着与英国石油公司合作，他们与我们一样有着在可再生能源领域发展的强烈愿望。我们的合作关系强调了两家公司加速能源转型的坚定承诺，结合我们的优势将使我们能够在美国共同发展盈利的海上风能业务。
该协议是在英国石油公司宣布其新战略后一个月发布的，该战略包括旨在将其年度低碳投资增加10倍至每年约50亿美元，并将其已开发的可再生能源发电能力从2019年的2.5吉瓦增长到2030年的约50GW 。
Empire Wind租赁区于2016年授予Equinor，位于长岛东南15-30英里处，总面积为80,000英亩。该地区将分两个阶段开发。
Empire Wind第一阶段在2019年7月的招标中获得了承购协议，并将拥有60至80台涡轮机。 整个Empire Wind租赁区的潜在发电量为2吉瓦，可供逾100万户家庭使用。
Beacon Wind覆盖了新英格兰海岸128,000英亩的联邦水域，在南塔开特以南约20英里，蒙托克角以东60英里。全面开发后，预计总发电量将达到2.4吉瓦，足以为美国东北部100多万户家庭提供电力。
Empire Wind第一阶段首批电力预计将在本世纪20年代中期开始供应，第二阶段正在为即将到来的招标做准备。Beacon Wind还将为未来的招标机会进行开发，并将开始审查程序，以确保该项目获得所有必要的许可。
郝芬 译自 OE网站
原文如下：
BP Buys into Equinor's U.S. Offshore Wind Business for $1.1B
Norwegian company Equnior and the British BP have entered into a strategic partnership to develop offshore wind projects in the US.
Under the agreement, BP will buy a 50% stake in Equinor's Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets Through this transaction, the two companies are also establishing a strategic partnership for further growth within the offshore wind sector in the US.
Currently, Equinor holds a 100% interest in both the Empire Wind lease, located off the coast of New York State and the Beacon Wind lease, located off the Massachusetts coast.
Bernard Looney, BP’s chief executive, said: “This is an important early step in the delivery of our new strategy and our pivot to truly becoming an integrated energy company. Offshore wind is growing at around 20% a year globally and is recognized as being a core part of meeting the world’s need to limit emissions. Equinor is a recognized sector leader and this partnership builds Equinor said the transaction was in line with its renewable strategy to access attractive acreage early and at scale, mature projects, and capture value by de-risking high equity ownership positions.
Equinor will remain the operator of the projects in the two leases through the development, construction, and operations phases and it is anticipated that the wind farms will be equally staffed by BP and Equinor, after a period of time.
"We look forward to working with BP who share our strong ambition to grow in renewable energy. Our partnership underlines both companies’ strong commitment to accelerate the energy transition and combining our strengths will enable us to grow a profitable offshore wind business together in the US,” says chief executive officer in Equinor, Eldar S?tre.
The agreement comes a month after bp announced its new strategy, including aims to increase its annual low carbon investment 10-fold to around $5 billion a year and grow its developed renewable generating capacity from 2.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2019 to around 50GW by 2030.
The Empire Wind lease area, which was awarded to Equinor in 2016, is 15-30 miles southeast of Long Island and has a total area of 80,000 acres. The area will be developed in two phases.
Empire Wind phase 1 secured an offtake agreement in the July 2019 solicitation and will have between 60 and 80 turbines. The whole Empire Wind lease area has a potential generation capacity of 2GW with a generating capacity of more than Beacon Wind covers a total area of 128,000 acres of federal waters off New England’s coast, approximately 20 miles south of Nantucket and 60 miles east of Montauk Point. When fully developed it is expected to have a total generating capacity of 2.4GW, sufficient to provide power to more than a million households in the Northeast US.
First power from Empire Wind’s phase 1 is expected in the mid-2020s and phase 2 is preparing for upcoming solicitations. Beacon Wind will also be developed for future solicitation opportunities and will begin a review process to secure all necessary permits for the project.
