Catching the breeze: Dong
Dong rides the wind
Denmark's Dong Energy has teamed up with German company Siemens to buy half of the Lincs wind farm project in the North Sea from UK utility Centrica.
Dong Energy and Siemens Project Ventures will pay 50% of the project's development costs, seen at £50 million ($80.1 million), the state-controlled utility said in a statement.
"Dong Energy's and SPV's aggregated 50% share of the project represents a capital investment of approximately £375 million," it said.
"Construction of the project is expected to commence in the late summer of 2010, with commissioning scheduled for 2012."
Centrica will keep the remaining stake in the project, which has a permitted capacity of up to 270 megawatts (MW).
In a seprate statement Dong said Siemens would deliver 75 3.6 MW turbines to Lincs.
"Dong Energy and Siemens have agreed to further utilise and expand the off take under the supply agreement signed in March 2009."
Meanwhile, Dong also said it had sealed a deal to sell 25.1% of its 367 megawatt Walney wind farm in the Irish Sea to Scottish and Southern Energy for up to around £39 million.