JV BP, Jera to Form New Global Offshore Wind Joint Venture

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With an aim to become one of the largest global offshore wind developers, owners and operators, BP and Jera have decided to join their offshore wind businesses to form a new standalone, equally-owned joint venture.

London/UK – BP and Jera Co. have agreed to combine their offshore wind businesses to form a new standalone, equally-owned joint venture that will become one of the largest global offshore wind developers, owners and operators.

The combination will create a global business, to be called Jera Nex BP, with a balanced mix of operating assets and development projects with a total 13 GW potential net generating capacity. Formation of Jera Nex BP is intended to accelerate development from the combined pipeline and bolster access to competitive financing. Supporting this, the partners have agreed to provide capital funding for investments committed to before end of 2030 of up to 5.8 billion dollars.

The companies will contribute interests comprising operating assets with around 1 GW net generating capacity, a strong pipeline of high-quality development projects with around 7.5 GW capacity, and further secured leases with around 4.5 GW of potential capacity. Jera Nex BP will pursue value-driven development of competitive projects, as well as optimizing its extensive combined portfolio. Initially it is expected to focus on progressing existing projects in North-West Europe, Australia and Japan, and to continue to mature the development pipeline of significant longer-term opportunities.

Yukio Kani, CEO of Jera said: “Offshore wind has significant potential and is a critical component of the energy transition. The sector is at an inflection point, and we believe the transformative partnership launched today between our two companies combines the resources, capabilities, and network necessary to be a world-class offshore wind company, and in doing so, realize the potential of offshore wind globally, while positioning this business for long term success. Today’s announcement also demonstrates Jera’s commitment to the offshore business in Europe, Japan and the rest of the world and is a natural evolution of our strategy that places collaboration at the heart of our approach to renewables.”

Murray Auchincloss, BP CEO said: “We are very pleased to have reached an agreement with Jera to form a top five wind developer globally. This will be a very strong vehicle to grow into an electrifying world, while maintaining a capital-light model for our shareholders. We very much look forward to combining our strengths in Europe and Asia-Pacific to create another innovative platform.”

William Lin, BP executive vice president for gas & low carbon energy, added: “Building on our successful cooperation over many years, this will bring together BP and Jera's complementary businesses to create scale, with a mix of high-quality operating assets and development projects. Jera Nex BP will be a major offshore wind player - developing the most competitive projects, continually high-grading its portfolio, investing with tight discipline, and securing optimal offtake arrangements. We look forward to expanding our partnership with Jera through this exciting opportunity.”

Clear funding framework

The two partners have aligned expectations for the business to progress through disciplined and value-driven development, and have agreed a clear funding framework for the rest of this decade to underpin this.

This includes leveraging asset revenues and accessing competitive financing itself, as well as proceeds from portfolio management. The equity investment contributed by the partners may be lower than the total agreed gross funding depending on project and venture financing and proceeds from asset farm-downs and sales.

Jera Nex BP is expected to benefit from the existing relationships and partnerships that the two shareholders have worldwide, including across the supply chain. The business will also draw on and benefit from the global trading capabilities of both partners to manage and market power from its assets into various offtake channels.

The parties have agreed to work to complete formation of Jera Nex BP, subject to regulatory and other approvals, with completion expected by end of the third quarter of 2025.

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