Written question asked by Alex Cunningham (Labour) on Friday, 5 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 January 2024. It was answered by Andrew Bowie (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 January 2024 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the British energy security strategy, published on 7 April 2022, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) fixed and (b) floating offshore wind turbines that would need to be installed in the UK's exclusive economic zone in each financial year from 2024-25 to 2027-28 inclusive to meet the Government's ambition of generating up to 50 gigawatts of power from offshore wind by 2030.

Answer: The UK currently has 14.7GW of operational offshore wind capacity and 7.7GW under construction. The number of turbines that will need to be installed annually to meet the ambition of up to 50GW by 2030 including up to 5GW of floating wind will depend upon the power of the turbines that projects deploy.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7916
Session: 2023-24
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2022-0330
Thursday, 7 April 2022
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Seas and oceans Wind power
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk