BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.27
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Net wind generation capacity of BP was 1,072MW at 30 September 2020, compared with 926MW at 30 September 2019, Trend reports citing the company.
BP’s net share of wind generation for the third quarter and nine months was 454GWh and 1,904GWh respectively, compared with 506GWh and 1,967GWh for the same periods in 2019. In September BP acquired the remaining 50 percent interest in the BP-operated Fowler Ridge 1 wind asset. The asset increased net wind capacity by 150MW to 1,072MW.
In September BP and Equinor announced the formation of a new strategic partnership to develop four assets in two existing offshore wind leases located offshore New York and Massachusetts. Subject to customary regulatory and other approvals, the transaction is expected to close in early 2021 and will mark BP’s first entry into the offshore wind sector, one of the fastest growing energy sectors.
Lightsource BP has developed 637MW for the nine months of the year to 30 September 2020. In September Lightsource BP reached financial close and mobilized construction for the 300MW Bighorn Solar project in the US, which will deliver energy to the EVRAZ North America steel mill in Pueblo, Colorado.
In October they completed construction on three solar sites in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the US. The sites will deliver electricity to Penn State University under the 70MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to provide over 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in year one. BP has developed a total of 3GW net renewable energy generating capacity by 30 September 2020 across our businesses. We intend to continue building our renewable energy businesses and to have developed 20GW by 2025,” said the company.
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