The Crown Property has revealed a concession discover confirming the launch of the Spherical 5 seabed leasing course of for floating offshore wind initiatives within the Celtic Sea, beneath which leases for as much as 4.5 GW of era capability can be awarded.
Issued on 28 February, the discover directs potential bidders to fill out a pre-qualification questionnaire, which is the primary of the tender’s three levels. After the pre-qualification questionnaire stage is accomplished, a Stage 1 invitation to tender can be issued, adopted by an invite to tender Stage 2.
The Crown Property revealed proposals for floating wind seabed leasing within the Celtic Sea in November 2021, saying the leasing may unlock as much as 4 GW of recent floating wind capability in England and Wales. Since then, the UK’s seabed supervisor has been releasing particulars in regards to the tender whereas working in direction of the launch of the procurement.
In October 2023, The Crown Property mentioned it will provide three Mission Growth Areas to bidders as a substitute of the initially recognized 4 areas, however that the capability to be auctioned off could be elevated from 4 GW to 4.5 GW.
On 7 December 2023, The Crown Property launched additional particulars in regards to the tender and tender necessities, highlighting the work that was completed to de-risk the method for builders and speed up the deployment of initiatives.
As a part of this new method, a multi-million-pound programme of marine surveys of the designated areas was launched and a Plan-Stage Habitats Rules Evaluation (HRA) was carried out early on within the course of.
That is the primary time that The Crown Property has undertaken the Habitats Rules Evaluation forward of an offshore wind leasing course of. This was designed to present bidders early visibility of the steps they might want to take to make sure conformity with the HRA, based on The Crown Property.
The launch of the Spherical 5 procurement course of comes shortly after the Plan-Stage HRA for Offshore Wind Leasing Spherical 5 was concluded.
“The HRA will form builders’ exercise and direct them to undertake particular measures to mitigate the influence of their building on birds and different marine wildlife,” The Crown Property mentioned on 12 February, when it introduced finishing the HRA.
Spherical 5 is anticipated to be the primary part of improvement within the Celtic Sea. In November 2023, the UK Authorities confirmed its intention to unlock area for as much as an extra 12 GW of capability within the Celtic Sea.
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