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EDF Renewables UK, ESB and Reventus Power have entered into a partnership to develop Gwynt Glas Floating Offshore Wind Farm. The trio are also working with DP Energy's Pembrokeshire based team, an exclusive development partner in the project, leveraging their local knowledge and expertise.
EDF Renewables UK and Ireland is a subsidiary of the EDF Group and one of the world’s largest low carbon electricity companies. Our investment and innovation is reducing costs for consumers and bringing significant benefits for communities. With our operating portfolio of 43 renewable energy sites including battery, onshore and offshore wind (together totalling more than 1.5 GW) we are providing much needed affordable, low carbon electricity across the UK and Ireland. We have an expanding portfolio with almost 14 GW of projects in planning and development, including wind, battery and solar PV.
ESB was established in 1927 as a statutory body under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927. With a holding of 96.9 per cent, ESB is majority owned by the Irish Government. The remaining 3.1 per cent is held by the trustees of an Employee Share Ownership Plan. As a strong, diversified utility, ESB operates across the electricity market, from generation through transmission and distribution, to supply of customers in addition to using our networks to carry fibre for telecommunications.
As at year-end 2022, ESB has a regulated asset base of approximately €12.0 billion (comprising ESB Networks €9.7 billion and NIE Networks €2.3 billion), a 30 per cent share of generation in the all-island market, and supply businesses supplying electricity and gas to over two million customer accounts throughout the island of Ireland and Great Britain. At June 2023, ESB Group employed almost 9,000 people.
Reventus Power originates and invests in the development and long-term management of offshore wind projects globally. As a portfolio company of CPP Investments, Reventus invests flexibly, and at scale, across the asset lifecycle.
Reventus invests alongside strategic partners, bringing deep in-house technical, financial, and commercial expertise to projects across three continents.
The team is proven in delivering value through the realisation of high-quality offshore wind projects around the world.
DP Energy is an Irish company that develops renewable energy projects across the world. Headquartered in Cork, Ireland, DP Energy has to date developed over 1GW of renewable energy projects which are built and operational. With over 30 years’ experience in the global renewable energy sector, DP Energy is 100% committed to using the most sustainable and environmentally responsible methods in all of their energy developments. Operating in the UK since the 1990s to deliver onshore wind projects, DP Energy opened an office in Pembroke Dock in 2021 to focus the Celtic Sea floating wind opportunities, whilst progressing a UK and New Markets project pipeline.