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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2021 to Question 2856, what assessment his Department has made of the potential pipeline of floating wind projects which could be developed by (a) 2030 and (b) 2040.

The Government has a target of 1GW of floating wind by 2030.

In addition to the (operational) Hywind and (under construction) Kincardine projects, there are a number of projects at an earlier stage of development – Blyth, Erebus and Pentland.

The current ScotWind seabed leasing process is expected to result in a number of potential floating wind projects. The number, size and locations of potential projects will not be known until the ScotWind process is completed.

The Crown Estate is currently designing new seabed leasing for floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea, focusing on projects of 300MW. The number, size and locations of potential projects will not be known until the process is completed.