Floating wind farm development in Celtic Sea offers economic boost for UK

The independent study, The Celtic Sea Blueprint, conducted by Lumen Energy & Environment for The Crown Estate, looked at the minimum requirements needed to deliver the first three projects outlined by The Crown Estate in December 2023.

It also examined the gaps, including ports deep enough for handling the turbines, vessels to service the sites, and export cables to transport electricity to land.

Addressing these gaps will be critical to establishing these first windfarms, and, with a further pipeline of windfarms expected in the region as well as rising global demand, the opportunities for ports, manufacturers and the wider supply chain could be far greater.

Action is required now, locally and nationally, to capture the opportunities associated with this technology.

Able to generate up to 4.5GW of electricity, the first three floating windfarms be some of the largest in the world.

The South West / Wales has the potential to be at the forefront of driving this development with opportunities from port infrastructure to SME support across the supply chain.