@energygovuk has announced the results of the non offshore technologies for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction AR7a, with 28 onshore wind projects awarded, totaling a capacity of 1.3 GW at a strike price of £72.24 per megawatt hour (MWh). Alongside the solar and tidal projects which also won contracts, these projects could support up to 10,000 jobs and bring £5 billion in private investment ⚡ 📊 📰 renewableuk.com/news-and-res… Watch our latest video featuring Head of Onshore Wind James Robottom who tells us how this auction builds on the record-breaking offshore wind results announced last month and profiles the private investment, community benefits, and fresh opportunities throughout England, Scotland and Wales, with a total capacity of 1.3 GW, The capacity awarded today is enough to power more than 1.2 million homes 🏠 ⚡ @RUKCymru Director Jessica Hooper also explains how this result will attract much needed investment in Wales and could support up to 3,000 well paid jobs 🛠️ 📰 renewableuk.com/cymru/record… Policy Manager, Market Design Nick Hibberd explains how explains how onshore wind is much more cost-effective for billpayers than new generation from gas at £147/MWh and new nuclear power at £124/MWh 📉 Finally, Senior Policy Analyst Shareiss Smith sets out how onshore project give back to communities through community benefit funds, we estimate these new projects will generate more than £6.5 million in community benefits for those living near them. Examples of case studies throughout the country such as Pen y Cymoedd are available in our joint report with @ScottishRenew: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 🌲 📎 renewableuk.com/news-and-res…

🚨 UK AR7 Onshore Wind Results Are In 🚨 The results of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (AR7) mark an important step forward for onshore wind in the UK, reinforcing its role as one of the fastest-to-deploy and lowest-cost sources of new generation. 🗺️ The map below shows the locations of the successful onshore wind projects awarded contracts in AR7. 🔹 Total awarded onshore wind capacity: [1,306 MW] 🔹 Number of successful projects: [28] 🔹 Strike price: £72.24/MWh (2024 prices) These projects will contribute meaningfully to: ⚡ accelerating new renewable capacity 🏗️ near-term project delivery 🔒 improving UK energy security 📉 reducing long-term consumer costs Onshore wind continues to demonstrate strong investor appetite and cost competitiveness, and the AR7 outcomes highlight its importance in meeting the UK’s clean power ambitions this decade. More detail on individual project locations is shown in the map — and many more data points and much more analysis opportunities are available on the EnergyPulse database - please get in touch if you’d like to discuss access :[email protected] 👉 linkedin.com/company/rukener… 🔍 RenewableUK members and EnergyPulse subscribers can get into the detail of the energy market data with intuitive and configurable dashboards. These show detailed and customisable maps and data on global offshore wind, UK onshore wind, UK energy storage - as well as insights into who is offering contracts to who in these sectors. renewableuk.com/energypulse/…

𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 1.2 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 This morning, 28 onshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1,306MW were awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in Allocation Round 7 at a strike price of £72.24 per megawatt hour (MWh). Onshore wind is much more cost-effective for billpayers than new generation from gas at £147/MWh and new nuclear power at £124/MWh ⚡ 📉 @energygovuk has calculated that building and operating these wind farms, alongside investment in the solar and tidal projects confirmed in this auction, will support up to 10,000 jobs and bring £5 billion in private investment to the UK 🏗️ 👩‍🔧 These onshore wind projects will also generate over £6.5 million in community benefit funds for people living near them, funding local sports facilities and nature restoration projects for example. There are projects throughout Britain; in Scotland (1.09GW, 21 projects), England (28MW, 2 projects) and Wales (185MW, 5 projects) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💷 🏠 Read more detail in our latest press release with comment from @RenewableUK's Head of Onshore Wind Delivery James Robottom 👇 📰 renewableuk.com/news-and-res… #AR7 #CfD #OnshoreWind #Solar #Investment #Jobs

𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱: 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 🌍 In a challenging year for the offshore wind industry, with failed auctions and cancelled projects in several markets, 2025 still saw meaningful progress for global offshore wind. The latest EnergyPulse blog reviews developments across commissioning, leasing, FIDs, turbine awards, and looks ahead as global operational capacity nears 100 GW. 👉 Global offshore wind capacity reached 89.2 GW, with 8.8 GW fully commissioned during the year. 👉 16.2 GW reached FID, alongside 14.2 GW of firm turbine contract awards. 👉 Despite setbacks, 40 GW of capacity secured seabed leases in 2025. 👉 See EnergyPulse forecasts for 2026 and 2030, plus estimates of major offshore wind component installations in 2025. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: renewableuk.com/energypulse/… 🔎RenewableUK members and EnergyPulse subscribers can access the full EnergyPulse dataset and insights. To explore the complete global picture — including detailed project data, timelines, component demand forecasts, cost estimates and contracts for all offshore wind projects globally, contact us today at: [email protected]

@RenewableUK's team lead by Head of Offshore Wind Celestia G was proud to join CMS UK's Laura McCabe and Samira Mir at @ScotRenew Offshore Wind Conference 2026 to highlight Women in Wind Network👩‍🔧 Co-founded by RenewableUK Board member and Partner at CMS UK Susie Lind, the new network is to empower women to grow their careers in the wind sector, help them to connect and share experiences 👩‍💼 communications.cms-cmno.com/… #WomenInWind #Networking #RenewableEnergy #Glasgow #Scotland

EnergyPulse’s Wind Energy Year in Review: UK 2025 2025 was an active year for UK wind, with new projects coming online, others entering construction, and significant planning activity across the country: 👉  Onshore wind capacity reached 15.9 GW, with several projects completed and others entering construction. 👉  Offshore wind added 1.33 GW to reach 16.1 GW, with over 11,500 MW under construction. 👉  Record planning submissions for onshore wind and several new offshore projects were consented during the year. 📰Read the full blog post here:renewableuk.com/energypulse/… RenewableUK members and EnergyPulse subscribers can access the full EnergyPulse dataset and insights. To access the full picture — project updates, milestones, forecasts and specific turbine locations for the UK wind pipeline contact us today at: [email protected]

This morning the Energy Secretary signed a historic clean energy security pact between the UK Government and other European countries, known as the Hamburg Declaration, which will deliver major new offshore wind projects in shared waters ✍ gov.uk/government/news/uk-an… Our Deputy CEO Jane Cooper is in attendance at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg, and has appeared on BBC News and the World Service this morning to discuss the significance of the pact 🎙️ Tune in from 01:30 (bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…) and from 18:30 (bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zs…) to hear her thoughts ⏱️ "This ambitious announcement to build a vast number of new offshore wind farms jointly with our European partners will increase the energy security of the UK and the whole of the North Sea region significantly. This historic declaration puts offshore wind right at the heart of Europe’s power system, with the UK leading the way. We are strengthening our security collaboration to ensure the North Sea’s critical energy infrastructure is protected from harm, so that we can continue to generate the huge quantities of clean power needed by the UK and our neighbours reliably at all times. “We also have valuable opportunities to boost energy resilience and cost-effectiveness by connecting the UK and other European countries with further undersea cables, some of which can be linked directly to offshore wind farms. We will share infrastructure and data to enable clean power to flow more efficiently between our nations, and further integrate our electricity markets to drive down costs for billpayers.” 📰 renewableuk.com/news-and-res…

Wishing our Scottish members, friends and followers a happy #BurnsNight, the @RenewableUK team will be attending our sister organisation @ScottishRenewables Offshore Wind Conference 2026 in #Glasgow to celebrate Burns Supper in style, Slainte 🥂

𝟴.𝟰𝟰 𝗚𝗪 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗥𝟳, 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ~£𝟮𝟱.𝟮𝗯𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗫 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 – 6 projects, 𝟴.𝟮𝟱 𝗚𝗪, 91.20 £/MWh (2024) Awel y Môr (775 MW), Berwick Bank B (1,380 MW, (89.40 £/MWh), Dogger Bank South East (1,500 MW), Dogger Bank South West (1,500 MW), Norfolk Vanguard East (1,545 MW), Norfolk Vanguard West (1,545 MW) 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 – 2 projects, 𝟭𝟵𝟮.𝟱 𝗠𝗪, 216.49 £/MWh (2024) Erebus (100 MW), Pentland (92.5 MW) 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗫 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 EnergyPulse estimates total CAPEX across the awarded fixed and floating offshore wind projects at approximately £𝟮𝟱.𝟮𝗯𝗻. Employees of @RenewableUK members can access estimated DEVEX, CAPEX, OPEX, and DecomEx totals and spend timelines of the awarded projects, as well for all offshore wind projects globally, via the EnergyPulse Offshore Wind Costs Dashboard: renewableuk.com/energypulse/… 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 EnergyPulse forecasts indicate the awarded projects will require approximately: • 𝟱𝟯𝟮 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 • 𝟭,𝟭𝟰𝟱 𝗸𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 • 𝟭,𝟰𝟴𝟬 𝗸𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 Forecasts for component awards and demand/installation timelines are also available via the EnergyPulse Dashboards 🔍 Follow EnergyPulse on LinkedIn for more info: linkedin.com/company/rukener…

Tomorrow morning we’re going to find out the results of the latest Government auction for offshore wind farm contracts. Here’s why it’s going to be a good news story for billpayers👇and why £94 per MWh, not the wholesale price, is the benchmark to judge if they’ll lower bills. 🏭Electricity demand is growing rapidly, whilst old generators are set to go offline soon – we need more power and renewables remain the lowest cost way to produce it (and yes, that’s including the costs to the system to managing their variability). 🛡️These wind farms offer stable prices for billpayers, and greater energy security - lowering our exposure to international gas markets and the geopolitics of other countries. 💵Only the lowest cost wind farms will be taken forward, after an incredibly competitive auction for contracts. Warning: contains an attempt to explain wholesale price suppression.

Wishing our friends, followers and members a Happy New Year for 2025, a special year for the renewables industry as we celebrated 25 years of offshore wind in the UK, watch our full celebration playlist on YouTube 🎂 🎆 👇 📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=wGooeXsd… See you all again soon for a jam packed schedule of events and conferences in 2026! 👋 📅 renewableuk.com/events/ #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #HappyNewYear2025 #Generational