Floating offshore wind bears huge opportunity for the UK

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RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Dan McGrail has told the UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee in London that floating wind offers huge industrial, economic and environmental benefits to Wales and the rest of the UK.

The Crown Estate has committed to enabling the development of 4GW of floating wind in the Celtic Sea (between Wales, south west England and Ireland) by 2035, with the potential to accommodate a further 20GW by 2045. In this year’s clean power auctions for Contracts for Difference, UK Ministers ringfenced £24m for floating wind for the first time, enabling the TwinHub project in the Celtic Sea to go ahead. RenewableUK is urging the Government to ensure these annual auctions are designed in a way which secures as much new capacity as fast as... ... More: Official Press Release RenewableUK

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RenewableUK, The Crown Estate, Wales, floating offshore, industrial scale, environmental benefit, UK, gigawatts, Minitser