Brussels OKs Belgium’s €3.5 bln support for 700 MW offshore wind project

The European Commission has approved up to €3.5 billion ($4.0 billion) of state support for three wind farms to be built in Belgium’s section of the North Sea that will have a combined capacity of around 700 MW, the commission said on Thursday.

The support concerns the Mermaid (235 MW), Seastar (252 MW) and Northwester 2 (219 MW) projects, which will receive support from Belgium’s offshore renewable energy scheme, under which operators receive certificates from Belgian energy regulator CREG for the energy they...