Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs) operate and maintain offshore electric power transmission infrastructure in Great Britain, delivering electrical power from offshore wind farms to the National Grid.

Our offshore transmission regime underpins the government’s renewable energy targets by connecting renewable wind generation and prioritising Britain’s electricity consumers. We are responsible for...

2018年6月12日 · 英国的海上输电运营商(OFTO, Offshore Transmission Owner) 招标制度不错。 海底输电线（下面地图中的红色虚线）用于连接海上风电场（图中海上的多边形）到陆上的变电站（图中红点）。

2020年11月11日 · With the first Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) licence granted in March 2011 (connecting the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm to Great Britain’s (GB’s) national grid), and a total of 20 granted over the last decade, it seems a good time to take a …

2013年7月12日 · the competitive tender process allows companies to bid for a licence to be the Offshore Transmission Network Owner (OFTO) of particular offshore networks, which entitles them to earn a regulated rate of return on the costs of building and operating those networks;

2025年2月26日 · Ofgem has opened the OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) regime Tender Round 12 which invites bids from investors to own and operate infrastructure connecting RWE’s Sofia wind farm to the onshore electricity grid in North Yorkshire. Located 195km off Britain’s Northeast coastline in the North Sea, the 1.4 GW wind farm can power almost 1.2m ...

the OFTO regime, developers design and build offshore transmission assets, before divesting them to an Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO), which is responsible for upkeep and maintaining a constant route to market for the connected wind farm. This unusual setup provides offshore wind developers with more control over the design,

2023年7月18日 · Ofgem has shortlisted four potential operators for its next OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) bidding round for three offshore transmission links worth an estimated £2billion. A new bidder has...

A transmission owner who assumes responsibility for offshore transmission assets. An OFTO is competitively appointed by Ofgem through a tender process and is awarded an OFTO licence. For more information, see Practice notes: Anatomy of an offshore transmission project. Anatomy of a wind power project.

Our current portfolio of projects includes eleven Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) projects under management or at preferred bidder stage, three interconnector projects in development and four Grid Stability projects in development or under construction.