Crown Estate announced the first series of agreements reached with offshore wind developers, including EDF Energy Renewables, Eneco Wind UK (Eneco) and Forewind, to replace their previous zone development agreements with project specific agreements.
The two agreements reached with The Crown Estate are the Navitus Bay Development consortium, comprising EDF Energy Renewables and Eneco, who have concluded the zone arrangements for the West Isle of Wight Zone, and the Forewind consortium, comprising RWE, SSE, Statkraft and Statoil, who have concluded the zone arrangements for the Dogger Bank Zone, off the east coast of Yorkshire. The Navitus Bay Wind Farm Park is awaiting its consent decision from the Secretary of State, due early September 2015 while the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A and Dogger Bank Creyke Beck B projects received consent in February, and Dogger Bank Teesside A and Dogger Bank Teesside B projects received consent earlier this month.
Crown Estate is also in advanced discussions with the ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall Wind Power consortium in working towards the conclusion of the East Anglia Zone. As part of the discussion, the consortium is seeking additional projects to complement East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR, and the East Anglia ONE project that is fully owned by ScottishPower Renewables.
