Off-shore Wind Power
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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 |
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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 |
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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