Community spirit | RWE and National Grid tie-up for giant $1.1bn US Atlantic wind lease

German offshore wind giant RWE and UK transmission system operator National Grid have set the seal on a joint venture (JV), dubbed Community Wind, to develop their record-setting $1.1bn lease win in the New York Bight off the US eastern seaboard.

The partnership, which competed in the landmark auction last week as Bight Wind Holdings, drove hard for the biggest