UK Crown Estate launches tender for 7 GW offshore wind leasing round 4
The UK Crown Estate has launched the Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage 1 for Round 4 of the offshore wind leasing project for 7 GW and 6 GW of capacity.
The projects submitted by pre-qualified bidders for Stage 1 of IIT will be assessed for its financial and technical capabilities. The next phase is Phase 2 during which a single project is awarded per daily bidding cycle until at least a total of 7 GW is awarded.
The fourth round of the tender seeks to award seabed rights for wind projects across four Seabed Bidding Areas off the coasts of England and Wales, namely - Dogger Bank, Eastern Regions, South East, and Northern Wales and Irish Sea. The tender awards only up to 3.5 GW single bidding area and a maximum of up to 1.5 GW individual project size per area. The Dogger Bank area will have a 600 MW minimum capacity while the rest tender area will have at least 400 MW.
The deadline for the submission of bids is on June 2020.
Tender document can be accessed here.
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