Offshore Wind Worldwide Regulatory Framework in Selected Countries 5th Edition 2024 - Flipbook - Page 336
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In September 2019, The Crown Estate
launched the UK’s first major offshore wind
leasing round in a decade (known as Round
4). In February 2021, six proposed new offshore wind projects were selected in the
competitive tender process, opening up the
opportunity for just under 8GW of new offshore wind energy, anticipated to be enough
to meet the electricity needs of over seven
million homes. 20
The leasing round concluded in January
2023, when The Crown Estate signed Agreements for Lease for the six offshore wind
projects. The successful projects were as
follows:
Region/ location
Successful bidder
Proposed
project
capacity (MW)
Off the Yorkshire Coast,
North East of Scarborough
RWE Renewables
1,500
Off the Yorkshire Coast,
North East of Scarborough
RWE Renewables
1,500
Off the Lincolnshire Coast,
East of the Humber Estuary
Green Investment Group – Total
1,500
Off the Northern Welsh Coast,
North East of Anglesey
Consortium of EnBW and BP
1,500
Off the Lancashire Coast, West of Blackpool
and South West of Morecambe Bay
Offshore Wind Limited, a Joint Venture between Cobra
Instalaciones y Servicios, S.A. and Flotation Energy plc
480
Off the coast of Barrow-In-Furness,
West of Morecambe Bay
Consortium of EnBW and BP
1,500
20
(ii) The Crown Estate:
Floating Wind in the Celtic Sea
In 2023, The Crown Estate commenced its new leasing round for
floating wind leasing in the Celtic
Sea, outlining a possible 4.5GW of
capacity across three separate project development areas, each with a
maximum potential energy generation capacity of 1.5 GW. Round 5 has
become the first leasing round to be
brought to market with an agreed
plan for connecting the new windfarms to the UK’s electricity grid. 21
The Crown Estate anticipate the projects to be delivered from 2035.
In December 2023, The Crown Estate
published an Information Memorandum, 22 outlining details of the Round
5 opportunity. Round 5 launched in
February 2024, and in August 2024,
the second phase of the Round 5
leasing process (Invitation to Tender
Stage 1) got underway. 23
20 https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/media-and-insights/news/2019-the-crown-estate-launches-the-uk-s-first-major-offshore-wind-leasinground-in-a-decade-opening-up-the-opportunity-for-at-least-7gw-of-new-clean-energy/.
21 https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/news/floating-wind-farms-next-phase.
22 https://downloads.ctfassets.net/nv65su7t80y5/5zR4gHuqxjMG9NOK1LI2Av/643bfa91696be32408e5e2646c16bbba/Information_Memorandum.pdf.
23 https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/news/floating-wind-farms-next-phase.
