Up to 5,300 new jobs and up to £1.4 billion could be generated for the UK economy via opportunities arising from the development of new floating wind farms off the coast of South Wales and the South West England, according to new research commissioned by The Crown Estate. The independent study, The Celtic Sea Blueprint, conducted […]
The Crown Estate has concluded the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) for the Celtic Sea floating offshore wind leasing process. The HRA covers the three Project Development Areas (PDAs) which are being made available through the Round 5 leasing process, and which will see commercial-scale floating wind farms established in the Celtic Sea for the first […]
Floating offshore wind power could be Wales’ 21st century version of the steel, coal and slate industries if a “hard line” is taken with the Crown Estate, ministers have heard. MPs called on the Government to ensure past mistakes with offshore wind projects are not repeated, and to guarantee new turbines off the Welsh coast are made by […]
The Crown Estate has announced its first major investment in surveys to support the proposal to unlock valuable new clean energy capacity through floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. By investing in these surveys at an early stage and making the data freely available to successful bidders, The Crown Estate is aiming to accelerate […]
EOI for Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Survey Programme The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business, created by Act of Parliament to manage a portfolio of property, land and marine assets. Our portfolio spans Regent Street and St James’s in London, regional commercial assets, hundreds of thousands of acres of rural land and […]