Mainstream Renewable Power ("Mainstream"), the global pure-play renewable energy
company majority-owned by Aker Horizons, and Maple Power, a leading European
offshore wind developer, are jointly exploring the upcoming Celtic Sea Floating
Offshore Wind Tender in the UK, which will be launched in 2023.
The Crown Estate is advancing the Celtic Sea seabed leasing tender for floating
wind, which is anticipated to deliver a total of 4 GW of renewable energy by
2035. The region has the potential to generate up to an additional 20 GW by
2045, helping to support the UK's energy transition and future energy security.
Together, Maple Power, a 50:50 joint venture between Enbridge Inc. and CPP
Investments, and Mainstream bring a combination of deep sector knowledge,
extensive development experience and financial strength to target commercial
-scale floating projects. The combined expertise of Maple Power and Mainstream
will contribute to UK supply chain development, industry-leading innovation, and
benefit renewable energy growth in a key market.
Since 2019, Maple Power, together with its partners and shareholders has co
-developed over 2 GW of offshore wind projects across Europe, including Provence
Grand Large, the first non-recourse project financed floating offshore wind
project currently in construction.
Mainstream has an extensive offshore wind development track record in the UK,
having developed and consented 20 percent of the UK's offshore wind capacity
either in operation or under construction through Hornsea One (1.2 GW), Hornsea
2 (1.4 GW) and Neart na Gaoithe (450 MW). Through its recent combination with
Aker Offshore Wind, Mainstream has taken an early mover position in floating
wind and is currently, together with its partners, developing gigawatt scale
projects in South Korea (1.2 GW) and Scotland (1.8 GW). Mainstream is also a
major shareholder of the leading floating wind technology provider Principle
Power.
"The Celtic Sea can play a leading role in reaching the UK's Net Zero ambitions,
while providing renewable energy for green value chains in Wales and beyond
through its proximity to key industry," said Tove Røskaft, Head of Offshore Wind
at Mainstream. "I believe Mainstream and Maple Power bring together highly
complementary capabilities and experience which will support us well in our aim
to bid on and develop floating offshore wind in the region."
Michael van der Heijden, Chief Executive Officer at Maple Power, said: "Maple
Power has been active in floating offshore wind since 2019, when the team
started to co-develop the Provence Grand Large project in France. With
construction of that project now well underway, I am keen for Maple Power to
further deploy its floating offshore wind expertise. Combined with Mainstream's
track record, the two companies together are therefore well-placed to consider
opportunities in the Celtic Sea tender."
The Celtic Sea is defined as the waters in the region around the South Wales
coast and the Southwest peninsula within the United Kingdom, covering an area of
300,000 km[2].
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Ivar Simensen, Communications, Tel: +47 46 40 23 17,
ivar.simensen@akerhorizons.com
Christian Yggeseth, Investor Relations, Tel: +47 915 10 000,
christian.yggeseth@akerhorizons.com
Emmet Curley, Head of Communications & Positioning, Tel: +353 86 2411
690, emmet.curley@mainstreamrp.com
ABOUT MAPLE POWER
Maple Power Ltd is a 50:50 joint venture between Enbridge Inc. and Canada
Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) that originates, develops,
invests in and manages fixed bottom and floating offshore wind projects in
Europe. Established in 2019, Maple Power, together with its partners and
shareholders, manages a portfolio of 3.2 GW (gross) of European offshore wind
projects. The projects are in early development (Rampion 2), late development
(Dunkerque), construction (Fecamp, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Provence Grand Large)
and operations phase (Hohe See, Albatros, Rampion and Saint-Nazaire).
www.maplepower.com
About Enbridge
At Enbridge, we safely connect millions of people to the energy they rely on
every day, fueling quality of life through our North American natural gas, oil
or renewable power networks and our growing European offshore wind portfolio.
We're investing in modern energy delivery infrastructure to sustain access to
secure, affordable energy and building on two decades of experience in renewable
energy to advance new technologies including wind and solar power, hydrogen,
renewable natural gas and carbon capture and storage. We're committed to
reducing the carbon footprint of the energy we deliver, and to achieving net
zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Enbridge's common shares trade under the
symbol ENB on the Toronto (TSX) and New York (NYSE) stock exchanges. To learn
more, visit us at Enbridge.com
About CPP Investments
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) is a professional
investment management organization that manages the Fund in the best interest of
the 21 million contributors and beneficiaries of the Canada Pension Plan. In
order to build diversified portfolios of assets, investments are made around the
world in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and
fixed income. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London,
Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney, CPP
Investments is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan and
at arm's length from governments. At 30 September 2022, the Fund totalled C$529
billion.
ABOUT MAINSTREAM RENEWABLE POWER
Mainstream Renewable Power is a leading pure-play renewable energy company, with
wind and solar assets across global markets, including in?Europe,?the Americas,
Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Mainstream is one of the most successful developers of
gigawatt-scale renewables platforms, across onshore wind, offshore wind, and
solar power generation. It has successfully delivered 6.5 GW of wind and solar
generation assets to financial close-ready and has a global portfolio of 29 GW.
In May 2021, Aker Horizons acquired a majority stake in Mainstream and, in April
2022, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. joined Aker Horizons as a long-term strategic investor.
In August 2022, the transaction to integrate Aker Offshore Wind into the
Mainstream Group was completed.
Mainstream is one of the leading developers of offshore wind at scale globally.
It has successfully consented Hornsea One (1.2 GW), the largest operational
offshore wind plant in the world today