Crown Estate
awards Ecoventures a windfarm site
On the 18 th of December the Crown Estate announced that
an Agreement for Lease was offered to Ecoventures from Utrecht,
the Netherlands. Ecoventures submitted a tender as leader of a consortium
with SLP Energy from the UK under the consortium name “Scira Offshore
Energy” for the development of a 315 MW offshore wind farm called
“Sheringham Shoal”. The wind farm will consist of approximately
60 to 80 turbines, located about 20 km north of the Norfolk coast
in the English North Sea. The total investment is in the amount
of € 460 million.
Conclusion
assessment panel
The Assessment Panel of
the Crown Estate concluded that the bid from Scira Offshore Energy
was strong, the site well selected and the ability of the consortium
to progress the development through to consent stage impressive.
Exclusive rights
An Agreement for Lease
from the Crown Estate gives the consortium the right to exclusively
develop an offshore wind farm at this location and start the necessary
planning and environmental work to obtain planning permission, which
is expected in 2006. Scira Offshore Energy intends to begin communications
and dialogue with the relevant local community stakeholders, local
authorities and other offshore developers at the earliest opportunity.
Mr. Dirk Berkhout, member
of the board of Econcern, the parent company of Ecoventures, said:
“We are very proud that we have been awarded this important tender.
This is for us a large step forward in the developing European sustainable
energy market. For the development of the wind farm we will make
use of our project development company Evelop. They will be responsible
for the development of the wind farm on behalf of Ecoventures. A
wind farm that will produce sustainable energy for approximately
a half million people”.
Ecoventures
Evelop
BV will execute the development work for Ecoventures. Both Evelop
and Ecoventures are subsidiary companies of Econcern
BV.
Evelop is a project development company focusing on wind energy and
biomass projects. Ecoventures focuses on sustainable energy business
developments and holds participating interests in several initiatives
in renewable energy projects. Econcern is a European company with
the mission “a sustainable energy supply for everyone ”. Econcern
was founded in 1984 and currently employs more than 200 employees
in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, UK, Spain and Poland. Econcern
specializes in delivering expert services, products and projects in
all areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency. |
