Samar Norte Offshore Wind Power Project
Status
Proposedlifecycle stage
Ownership
CNCI NMF (PH) Corp. — 100% ◇
Location
PhilippinesPhilippine Sea
Technology
Capacity
650 MW ◇
Turbines
—
Foundation
—
Site & conditions
Site rights
Exploration right Exploration permit · Department of Energy (Philippines) ◆
Water depth
60–140 m ≈
Wind speed
6.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
—
Grid
—
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · developer
—
Delivery outlook not forecast
We don't put a delivery estimate on this project yet. No authority has granted rights to this site, so there is nothing to date a schedule from. That changes the moment the seabed is awarded, a consent application is filed, or the project is named in an auction.
Revenue & offtake route to market — open
No offtake secured — route to market open
The routes describe what exists in this market — not a prediction of which the project will take.
Next visible round · from the auction calendar
Green Energy Auction GEA-5 (offshore wind) ◇
NOA + TOR issued 25 Nov 2025 (Supplemental TOR 29 Jan 2026); Qualified-Supplier registration began 2 Mar 2026; ERC-approved GEAR reserve price PhP 11.00/kWh (23 Feb 2026); bids mid-2026, awards H2 2026.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does
Installation · on record
StageProposed
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated
Sources & verification
1/9 fields verified · rests on 6 sources · ◆ 1 document held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator2
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Department of Energy (Philippines)2025-09-30◆ Awarded Wind Energy Service Contracts (A…
“Register 'AWARDED WIND PROJECTS as of 30 SEPTEMBER 2025' (Department of Energy, Renewable Energy Management Bureau), row: - Samar Norte Offshore Wind Power Project CI NMF (PH) Corp. Pre-Development 65…”
supportsSite rights
Auction pipeline1
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Department of Energy (Philippines)2026
DOE GEA-5 — first offshore-wind-only Green Energy Auction; NOA/TOR 25 Nov 2025; 3,300 MW fixed-bottom OSW; GEAR PhP 11.00/kWh; awards targeted H2 2026.
supportsGreen Energy Auction GEA-5 (offshore wind)
Trade press3
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