Setting out next steps on floating offshore wind off Wales

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The Crown Estate has set out how developers will be required to recognise the critical role of ports when bidding to build new floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea, and how it intends to drive social value through the auction process.

In an update, joined by the UK Government, The Crown Estate also set out the steps it is taking to help de-risk projects ahead of opening the leasing round to bidders, including addressing new spatial constraints that are the subject of an ongoing UK Government review. Refining potential wind farm sites In 2021, The Crown Estate first set out plans to explore viable options for a potential leasing opportunity for the first commercial-scale floating wind projects to be located in the Celtic Sea off the coast of Wales... ... More: Official Press Release The Crown Estate

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