Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

(asked on 22nd January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of the UK content within each of the offshore wind contracts for difference awards to date; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 1st February 2021

UK content figures for offshore wind farms are compiled and published by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC). We are currently consulting on proposals[1] for a new Supply Chain Plan questionnaire for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Applicants. This consultation closes on 11 March.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/contracts-for-difference-cfd-for-low-carbon-electricity-generation-new-supply-chain-plan-questionnaire

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