The areas that were pinpointed are located in waters off Viana do Castelo (expanding the already existing area), Leixões, Figueira da Foz, Ericeira and Sintra-Cascais, and Sines.

In an update to the Final Report on offshore wind areas, the inter-ministerial working group has proposed putting the areas out to tender in phases, with three areas totalling 3.5 GW to be offered this year , through one or more competitive procedures, and for the remaining capacity to be allocated in subsequent phases until 2030, reaching 10 GW.