Last year, Capital Energy also signed an agreement with Shell to analyse the joint development of projects in the offshore wind energy sector in Spain and Portugal.
Detailing on the collaboration with Shell in May 2022, Capital Energy said the two companies would explore opportunities in line with their interest in these countries, especially in the field of floating offshore wind power.
Capital Energy is also developing a project together with BlueFloat Energy, which involves a 50 MW fixed-bottom offshore wind farm next to the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife. The Granadilla offshore wind farm will supply most of the clean energy to the port and its concessionaires.
In Portugal, the government is working towards the launch of the country’s first offshore wind tender later this year, when 3.5 GW are expected to be offered across three sites .
At the beginning of this year, an inter-ministerial working group on offshore wind delineated several areas for commercial projects that would accommodate 10 GW of offshore wind capacity, in line with the plan announced last year .
The areas that were pinpointed are located in waters off Viana do Castelo (expanding the already existing area), Leixões, Figueira da Foz, Ericeira and Sintra-Cascais, and Sines.
This summer, the inter-ministerial working group proposed putting the areas out to tender in phases, with three areas totalling 3.5 GW to be offered this year, through one or more competitive procedures, as part of the first phase.
The three areas that are expected to be awarded in this first phase are located in Viana do Castelo (1 GW), Leixões (500 MW) and Figueira da Foz (2 GW).