Offshore Wind Worldwide Regulatory Framework in Selected Countries 5th Edition 2024 - Flipbook - Page 338
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The latest figures from The Crown Estate Scotland, taking into account all 20 projects, now
show initial total Scottish commitments of £28.8bn. The 20 successful applicants and projects were as follows:28
Lead applicant
Option Fees
Technology
Total capacity (MW)
BP Alternative Energy Investments
£85,900,000
Fixed
2,907
SSE Renewables
£85,900,000
Floating
2,610
Falck Renewables
£28,000,000
Floating
1,200
Shell New Energies
£86,000,000
Floating
2,000
Vattenfall
£20,000,000
Floating
798
DEME
£18,700,000
Fixed
1,008
DEME
£20,000,000
Floating
1,008
Falck Renewables
£25,600,000
Floating
1,000
Ocean Winds
£42,900,000
Fixed
1,000
Falck Renewables
£13,400,000
Floating
500
Scottish Power Renewables
£68,400,000
Floating
3,000
BayWa
£33,000,000
Floating
960
Offshore Wind Power
£65,700,000
Fixed
2,000
Northland Power
£3,900,000
Floating
1,500
Magnora
£10,300,000
Mixed
495
Northland Power
£16,100,000
Fixed
840
Scottish Power Renewables
£75,400,000
Fixed
2,000
Ocean Winds
£10,000,000
Floating
500
Mainstream Renewable Power
£36,000,000
Floating
1,800
ESB Asset Development
£10,000,000
Floating
500
1.3 Current risks faced by the Offshore
Wind sector 28
(a) Planning process
The UK Government’s complex planning and
permission process for big infrastructure
offshore wind farms is currently prolonging
the UK economy’s shift to renewable energy.
The National Audit Office has warned that
the newly formed Department of Energy
Security and Net Zero is behind schedule in
mapping out how to achieve a rapid expansion of offshore wind and nuclear power. The
department and its predecessors have been
too focused on mitigating the short-term
pain of rocketing energy bills to the detri-
28 https://www.crownestatescotland.com/news/scotwind-offshore-wind-leasing-delivers-major-boost-to-scotlands-net-zero-aspirations.
