Off-shore Wind Power

Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round One - 2015

Twenty-six projects using a number of technologies - CHP, Solar PV, On-shore and Off-shore wind were the successful applicants. Offshore contributed 1162 MW out of a total 2139 MW (54%)

Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round Two - 2017

Eleven projects based on just three technologies Advanced Conversion Technologies, Dedicated Biomass with CHP and Off-shore wind submitted successful bids. Offshore contributed 3196 MW out of a total 3346 MW (96%) demonstrating that for the UK's renewable energy generation policy, offshore is becoming increasingly a 'one trick pony'

Round 3 Offshore Wind Projects - 2019

Of the 12 projects that were successful applicants for the 2019 Round 3 CfD allocation, five large offshore wind projects make up 5454 MW of the total 5775 MW (94%) and continuing the trend of fewer, bigger projects, overwhelmingly offshore wind

Project No.	Project Name	Developer	Location	Capacity
1	Doggerbank Creyke Beck A P1	SSE Renewables / Equinor / Eni	Dogger Bank	1200
2	Doggerbank Creyke Beck B P1	SSE Renewables / Equinor / Eni	Dogger Bank	1200
3	Doggerbank Teeside A P1	SSE Renewables / Equinor	Dogger Bank	1200
4	Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Phase 1	Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited	Dogger Bank	1400
5	Seagreen Phase 1	Seagreen Wind Energy Limited	Long Forties	454

Map data source: Ordnance Survey MiniScale covered by the Open Government Licence (OGL). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021

Round 4 Offshore Wind Projects

In 2021 companies bid for "annual option fees" for the right to develop future wind farm projects. A further auction will take place under the Contract for Difference (CfD) support scheme to determine the price paid for electricity likely to be decided in 2022. Allowing for a planning process of 4-5 years the overall lead time on these projects is around 7 years. So these six projects represent the foreseeable future pipeline of offshore wind until the end of the decade.

Project No.	Preferred Bidder	Location	Capacity
1	RWE Renewables	Dogger Bank	1500 MW
2	RWE Renewables	Dogger Bank	1500 MW
3	Green Investment Group - Total	Easter Regions	1500 MW
4	Consortium of EnBW and BP	Northern Wales & Irish Sea	1500 MW
5	Offshore Wind Limited (a joint venture between Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios S.A and Flotation Energy plc)	Northern Wales & Irish Sea	480 MW
6	1500 MW	Northern Wales & Irish Sea	1500 MW

Map data source: Ordnance Survey MiniScale covered by the Open Government Licence (OGL). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021

Project sites identified from The Crown Estate website