![]() This will be underpinned by new planning reforms to cut the approval times for new offshore wind farms from up to 4 years to 1 year and an overall streamlining which will radically reduce the time it takes for new projects to reach construction stages while improving the environment. The UK Government recently announced as part of its British Energy Security Strategy a new ambition on offshore wind of up to 50GW by 2030 – more than enough to power every home in the UK – of which it would like to see up to 5GW from floating offshore wind in deeper seas. The insights gained from FOWS will inform decisions about the UK’s offshore energy future including the UK Government’s Marine Spatial Prioritisation Programme which is gathering further data and building evidence, using this study as an important reference point. It highlights the complexity of demands on the marine space and the holistic thinking that will be required by the many stakeholders that have a role or interest in securing the UK’s clean energy future and increasing the country’s energy independence by accelerating the roll out of low-cost renewables.įOWS is part of The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme, which gathers and harnesses data and evidence to drive forward the sustainable and coordinated expansion of offshore wind whilst supporting clean, healthy, productive and biologically diverse seas. ![]() The study is a significant addition to the evidence base informing the future outlook for the offshore wind sector. They also identify the important role that floating wind could play, increasing deployment location options, with the potential to ease spatial pressures in UK waters. The findings highlight the importance of approach in considering the spatial and cost implications of deploying sufficient offshore wind to meet net zero. These investigate the potential implications for future relative deployment costs and offshore wind technology choice, in interaction with the environment, other infrastructure, and marine industries such as shipping and fishing. The study - commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland, and carried out by Arup with support from ORE Catapult and ABPmer - provides the first illustrative framework for how the UK could deploy sufficient offshore wind to meet net zero.įOWS is not a marine spatial plan, rather, it provides illustrative spatial scenarios for offshore wind development out to 2050. It provides a more holistic consideration of the complex interactions concerning offshore wind deployment out to net zero than was previously available and will help to inform future decision making. The Future Offshore Wind Scenarios (FOWS) project is intended to support the future development of offshore wind by illustrating the complex factors that must be balanced within the marine environment including consideration of the cost of energy. A new study on the future of offshore wind has illustrated the scale of potential of the UK seas for future deployment and is helping to understand and address how we best manage the various demands on our marine environment.
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