Gwynt Glas, a DP Vitality and EDF Renewables UK three way partnership, welcomes the announcement from The Crown Property figuring out 5 Areas of Search within the Celtic Sea from which 4 GW of floating wind venture growth websites will probably be competitively tendered in mid-2023.
The announcement confirms that just about the entire broad Gwynt Glas’ Space of Search is included in The Crown Estates seabed leasing plans for the Celtic Sea.
Gwynt Glas may present energy for roughly 927,400 houses* and contribute a big a part of the Crown Property’s ambitions for 4GW of capability within the Celtic Sea. The Crown Property has commissioned analysis that signifies that there’s considerably extra capability to return sooner or later, positioning the UK Celtic Sea as a number one world FLOW market.
Nancy McLean, Gwynt Glas Mission Director stated
“We welcome this announcement. It sends a transparent sign to the provision chain and traders that the event of FLOW within the Celtic Sea is progressing at tempo and important scale. Readability on The Crown Property’s leasing programme is essential to assembly web zero targets and maximising the financial and social advantages of this new inexperienced business for the South Wales and South West England areas. We stay up for consulting additional with The Crown Property as they refine Areas of Search into smaller ultimate Mission Improvement Areas, inside which proposed windfarms like Gwynt Glas may very well be sited.“
Gwynt Glas has been conducting distant aerial surveys for marine mammal and birds since Spring 2021 and has began early-stage session with industrial fisheries, and transport and navigation stakeholders. Following wider stakeholder session the floating offshore wind farm web site will probably be refined and finalised to a a lot smaller space previous to submitting an Software for Lease in 2023.
