LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - German utility RWE andAustralia's Macquarie Capital have made a joint bid tothe Dutch government to build two 350 megawatt offshore windfarms, a spokesman for RWE Innogy, its renewable energydivision, said on Friday.
"I can confirm that RWE and Macquarie Capital submitted abid for the first auction round for the Dutch offshore projectsBorssele I and II," he told Reuters.
The two companies are going head-to-head with a consortiummade up of oil major Shell, Dutch energy company Eneco and contractor Van Oord NV. Dutch media have reportedother companies, including Denmark's Dong Energy