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Seven volumes on this sector, every figure traced to a named primary source and carried at a stated verification date. We read the Crown Estate leasing rounds, the DESNZ allocation results and the ORE Catapult analysis so that you do not have to. Scroll down to see what is in them.
The scale-up is the question.
Celtic Sea Round 5, INTOG and ScotWind each run to their own timetable.
The leasing rounds, the AR7 and AR7a results, and the grid interface that connects them.
And the deepest saving in AR7 and AR7a was tidal — 20.9 MW at £265/MWh.
Check which seabed leases have converted to awards before you commit supply-chain capacity to them.
Track Celtic Sea Round 5, INTOG and ScotWind against their published routes, dates and contractors.
See the strike prices behind every AR7 and AR7a result, and what they mean for the next round.
Read the BECCS position on Drax — largest emitter and negative emissions, in the same plant.
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Renewables here means wind, solar and tidal power. The government gets new projects built by auctioning contracts for difference, which pay a winning project a fixed price for each megawatt hour it produces (1,000 of the kilowatt hours on a household bill). When the market price is lower, bill payers make up the difference, and when it is higher, the generator pays the difference back.
Start with the latest round, the biggest yet. In Allocation Round 7, or AR7, 201 projects totalling 14.7 GW (gigawatts, a measure of how much power can flow at once) won contracts. The offshore wind results came out on 14 January 2026, and the onshore wind, solar and tidal results on 10 February 2026.
Offshore wind won 8.4 GW, and projects with turbines fixed to the seabed got an average guaranteed price of £90.91 per megawatt hour in 2024 prices. Solar won 4.9 GW at £65 and onshore wind 1.3 GW at £72. From this round, wind and solar contracts run for 20 years.
Set that against what is already running, so you can size your own pipeline. The UK had 16.7 GW of offshore wind installed at the end of June 2026, according to the government's Energy Trends figures, so the 8.4 GW won in AR7 will add half as much again once it is built.
Watch the Celtic Sea next if you work offshore. The Crown Estate's fifth seabed leasing round, which is separate from the price auctions, has room for up to 4.5 GW of floating wind across three sites. The developers are Equinor, Gwynt Glas (EDF power solutions and ESB) and Ocean Winds.
| Figure | What it is | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| 14.7 GW | Capacity that won contracts in Allocation Round 7, across 201 projects | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 10 February 2026 |
| £90.91/MWh | The AR7 average guaranteed price for offshore wind turbines fixed to the seabed, in 2024 prices | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 14 January 2026 |
| 16.7 GW | Offshore wind installed in the UK at the end of June 2026 | Energy Trends, September 2026 |
Put 19 November 2026 in your diary. That day the National Energy System Operator issues the notice of auction for Allocation Round 8, and the government says how much money the auction has to spend.
Expect the sealed bidding window to run from 3 to 9 December on the provisional timetable, with results due in mid-February 2027. Plan any work that depends on the result for the spring.
Read the latest renewables news in The Wire below, with a link to each source. Open any project on our map to see when we last checked it. The lists below include Irish projects, which our Ireland volumes cover separately.
Not sure which of our reports you need? Email book@gridteamai.com and we'll point you to the right one. Figures checked 9 November 2026.
The 7 reports in this sector cover the named UK projects, the procurement windows, the supplier positioning and the consenting timelines through 2030.
Watch this sector live on the boards — the Heatmap for its projects, the Data Board for its targets against delivery.
Open any volume and you get consultancy-grade depth: twelve findings, headline figures, the Director's Six-Check, a glossary of named entities, and twelve named UK suppliers per category. deep report PDF + two-page Crib Sheet + quarterly Currency Addendum.
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