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What changed on the map.

Every week we re-check the projects on the map against their sources. This page lists what changed: a new stage reached, a milestone reset, a value revised, a project added. The new position, what it was before, and the source we checked it against, for the last four weeks.

Week of 9 November 2026: 4 projects changed: 2 reached a new stage, 4 milestones updated, 1 value revised.

Week of 9 November 2026

1 project changed: 1 milestone updated.

Renewables · Outer Firth of Forth / off Angus, east Scotland (~80 km offshore)

Ossian Offshore Wind Farm

  • Next milestone: Scottish Ministers have still to decide whether to approve the offshore application. No decision date has been published.was: Submit Section 36 offshore consent application to Scottish Ministers

Source: Ossian Offshore Wind Farm (SSE/Marubeni/CIP) →On the map →

Week of 2 November 2026

33 projects changed: 9 reached a new stage, 8 milestones updated, 6 values revised, 5 statuses changed, 24 projects added.

Renewables · Firth of Forth

Berwick Bank

  • Status: Pipelinewas: At tender
  • Stage: Offshore array consented (July 2025); 20-year CfD secured for Berwick Bank B (1.4GW) in AR7 (January 2026)was: Consented + CfD secured — pre-construction
  • Value: Not disclosedwas: Multi-billion
  • Next milestone: Final investment decision on Berwick Bank B expected in 2027was: FID expected 2027 (SSE, 14 January 2026)

Source: SSE (Jan 2026) / Fugro (May 2026) →On the map →

Renewables · Celtic Sea (off S Wales / SW England)

Celtic Sea Round 5 — Ocean Winds PDA

  • Status: Pipelinewas: At tender
  • Stage: Agreement for lease entered with The Crown Estate (announced 3 March 2026)was: Agreement for lease signed Mar 2026
  • Value: Round could deliver £1.4bn boost to UK economywas: Round could add £1.4bn to UK economy
  • Next milestone: Site surveys, environmental impact assessment, public engagement and planning consentswas: Development/consenting phase

Source: The Crown Estate / Find a Tender ocds-h6vhtk-05e3e2 →On the map →

Renewables · Off Yorkshire (base: Port of Nigg)

Dogger Bank C

  • Stage: In construction; Dogger Bank B turbine installation ongoing, C offshore installation due to begin 2027 (Aug 2026)was: In construction (foundations complete; turbine installation to follow Dogger Bank B)
  • Value: Part of £9bn complexwas: Part of ~£11bn complex
  • Next milestone: Dogger Bank C offshore installation begins 2027; wind farm complete mid-2028was: Dogger Bank B turbine installation to around Q2 2027; Dogger Bank C turbines to follow

Source: Dogger Bank Wind Farm - Up to 180 new offshore wind jobs created at Scotland's Maraen Port of Nigg →On the map →

Renewables · North Sea, c.100-150km off the Yorkshire/NE England coast (offshore array)

Dogger Bank South (East & West)

  • Status: Pipelinewas: At tender
  • Stage: Development consent granted for both projects (14 May 2026); CfDs secured in AR7 (January 2026); pre-FIDwas: Consented, CfD secured, pre-FID
  • Value: Not disclosedwas: Multi-£bn; AR7 CfDs at £91.20/MWh, 2024 prices (gov.uk AR7 results)

Source: RWE; DESNZ (Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 results) →On the map →

Renewables · Off Suffolk (array sits just beyond map edge; pin at its western extent)

East Anglia THREE

  • Stage: In construction; all 95 foundations installed, turbine installation under way (August 2026)was: In construction — all 95 foundations in (Aug 2026)
  • Next milestone: Turbine installation completion; fully operational by end of 2026was: Turbine installation completion; commercial operations target Q4 2026

Source: offshorewind.biz (17 Aug 2026) / Iberdrola →On the map →

Renewables · Near Sutton-on-Trent / Tuxford, Newark area, Nottinghamshire

Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park

  • Stage: Approved by the Energy Secretary on 27 October 2026was: Examination closed (28 April 2026); awaiting Examining Authority recommendation and Secretary of State decision
  • Next milestone: As of November 2026, the Planning Inspectorate lists the project as past the decision stage, with no date yet for building work to start.was: Close of examination, then recommendation to Secretary of State

Source: Planning Inspectorate (EN010162) →On the map →

Renewables · Off Arbroath, Angus (onshore: Cockenzie)

Inch Cape

  • Stage: In construction: monopile and transition piece installation complete; second export cable installed, final rock placement to come (Sep 2026)was: In construction — cables complete
  • Value: Not disclosedwas: ≈£3.5bn (confirm at cycle)
  • Next milestone: First power expected end of 2026; full commercial operation 2027was: First power late 2026; full operations 2027

Source: Inch Cape - Inch Cape successfully completes second offshore export cable →On the map →

Renewables · North Sea, c.50-80km off the Norfolk coast (offshore array)

Norfolk Vanguard (East & West)

  • Status: Pipelinewas: At tender
  • Stage: CfDs secured in Allocation Round 7 for Norfolk Vanguard East and Westwas: CfD secured — pre-construction
  • Value: AR7 CfDs at £91.20/MWh (2024 prices)was: Multi-£bn; AR7 CfDs at £91.20/MWh, 2024 prices (gov.uk AR7 results)
  • Next milestone: First CfD delivery year 2028/29 (East Unit A 2029/30)was: First CfD delivery year 2028/29

Source: DESNZ — Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 results →On the map →

Renewables · Off Waterford, Ireland

Tonn Nua (Helvic Head)

  • Status: Pipelinewas: At tender
  • Stage: Provisional winner of the State's second offshore wind auction (Helvick Head Offshore Wind DAC, ESB and Ørsted), November 2025was: Awarded — pre-development
  • Next milestone: Maritime Area Consent and development consentwas: Maritime Area Consent under determination by MARA (report recommending approval dated 5 March 2026), then development consent under the SC DMAP regime; construction expected from 2032

Source: gov.ie (9 Dec 2025) · MARA MAC report (5 Mar 2026) →On the map →

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