据油价网7月24日消息称，英国能源公司八达通能源周一表示，该公司计划到2030年在全球范围内引领价值200亿美元(150亿英镑)的海上风电项目投资。

八达通能源表示，其计划在海上风电领域“释放”200亿美元的投资，用于每年生产12吉瓦(GW)的可再生电力，足以为1000万户家庭供电。

八达通的目标是全球项目，重点是欧洲，并且已经有几笔交易正在筹备中。该公司计划支持新的海上风电场的开发商，以及已经在建设或运营的风电场。

八达通能源还支持Simply Blue这家开发浮动海上风电项目的公司。

八达通能源首席执行官Zoisa North-Bond在一份声明中表示：“我们有一个大计划，投资更多的大型风能设施，以帮助我们摆脱对天然气的依赖。”

“毫无疑问，海上风电将继续在实现净零排放、提高能源安全和降低能源支出方面发挥关键作用。”

然而，近几个月来，海上风电项目成本飙升，促使一些开发商重新考虑他们的海上风电投资。

上周，瑞典公用事业公司Vattenfall表示，由于成本飙升和市场环境挑战给新开发项目带来压力，它将停止在英国开发一个大型海上风电项目。

Vattenfall在7月20日发布的第二季度财报中表示，由于海上风电行业的成本增加了40%，该公司将不会继续开发1.4吉瓦(GW)的Norfolk Boreas海上风电项目。

曹海斌 译自 油价网

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Octopus Energy Plans To Invest $20 Billion In Offshore Wind

Octopus Energy plans to lead investments worth $20 billion (￡15 billion) into offshore wind power projects globally by 2030, the generation arm of the UK energy firm said on Monday.

Octopus Energy said its plans “to unleash” $20 billion in investments into offshore wind would go towards the generation of 12 gigawatts (GW) of renewable electricity a year, enough to power 10 million homes.

Octopus is targeting projects globally, with a focus on Europe – and already has several deals in the pipeline. The company plans to back developers of new offshore wind farms, as well as wind farms that are already under construction or operational.

Octopus Energy also backs Simply Blue, a company developing floating offshore wind projects.

“We’ve got big plans to invest in even more of these big fans to help wean ourselves off polluting gas,” Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation, said in a statement.

“Offshore wind will undoubtedly continue to play a pivotal role in meeting net zero, boosting energy security and driving down bills.”

However, offshore wind project costs have soared in recent months, to the point of prompting some developers to reconsider their offshore wind investments.

Last week, Swedish utility Vattenfall said it was halting the development of a major offshore wind power project in the UK due to surging costs and challenging market conditions pressuring new developments.

Vattenfall will not proceed with the development of the 1.4-gigawatt (GW) Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project as the offshore wind industry has seen cost increases by up to 40%, the company said in its Q2 results release on July 20.