“The UK’s offshore wind sector has become the leading source of clean energy in the UK, providing enough power for the equivalent of half of all UK homes. It attracts billions of pounds of inward investment, supports tens of thousands of skilled jobs around the country, and boosts energy security by reducing reliance on fossil fuels”, the Crown Estate said on 26 March.

In December 2024, the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) issued the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, a roadmap to an (almost) fully clean power system by 2030 that uses clean sources for 95 per cent of Great Britain’s electricity generation and gas for no more than 5 per cent of total generation, with offshore wind having “a particularly important role as the backbone of the clean power system.”