The UK Crown Estate has selected six proposed new offshore wind projects in the waters around England and Wales (United Kingdom), which represents just under 8 GW of potential new offshore wind capacity. A consortium of BP and EnBW were selected for two major leases of 1,500 MW each, both located in the Irish Sea (off the coast of Barrow-In-Furness, West of Morecambe Bay, and off the Northern Welsh Coast, North East of Anglesey). RWE won two adjacent offshore wind sites with a potential capacity of 1.5 GW each off the Yorkshire Coast, North East of Scarborough (Dogger Bank), at an average price of £82.6/MWh (€94.2/MWh), which was the lowest awarded price during the auction. Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Total secured rights to a seabed lease in the Eastern Regions zone in the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 (off the Lincolnshire Coast, East of the Humber Estuary), which could deliver up to 1.5 GW of capacity. Finally, Offshore Wind Ltd (joint-venture between Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios and Flotation Energy) was selected for a 480 MW lease off the Lancashire Coast, West of Blackpool and South West of Morecambe Bay. The projects are now expected to progress to the next step of the process known as a plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), which should conclude in spring 2022.
Over 10 GW of offshore wind are already operational in the UK (end of 2020). The country intends to reach 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030.
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