Dec 28 2010
Eneco, the energy company, declared that it will buy 50% of the total power generated from the second phase expansion of the C-Power Offshore Wind Farm on a long-term contract.
The company has already signed a contract with the wind farm located around 30 kilometers away from Belgian coast on the Thornton Bank and producing 30 MW clean power. Eneco has contracted a long term accord to buy 147.5 MW from the proposed 295 MW expansion of the C-Power offshore wind farm. The presently signed accord will increase the total wind power capability of Eneco to 1,050 MW.
The C-Power’s expansion plan will include 6.15 MW wind turbines manufactured by Repower, a German-based company. REpower had earlier supplied 5 MW power generating wind turbines, which are currently deployed at the offshore location. For its wind farm expansion plans C-Power will receive EUR 869 million as funding from ten financial institutions, which includes ASN Bank and Rabobank.
Kees-Jan Rameau, board member of Eneco, cited the prevailing functional rapport between the two companies and the exclusive market awareness of his company as reasons for the success of the project. Filip Martens, CEO of C-Power, while endorsing his statement added that the experience earned during the first phase of the project with Eneco enabled his company to widen the scope of the mutual cooperation between the companies.
Source: http://corporateuk.eneco.nl/