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Offshore Renewables

Offshore wind energy offers the potential for considerable expansion of renewable energy in the Uk, with Wave and tidal power expected to have a role, in supplying the nation's future energy needs and in meeting renewables targets.

The other pages in this area of the website provide further details and context to the Government's offshore renewables policy; the consents required for approval to build an offshore renewable energy installation and to related environmental research and stakeholder liaison groups.

• Electricity Development Consents
• The Crown Estate: ownership of the seabed
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Offshore windfarm leasing: Round 1
• Offshore windfarm leasing: Round 2
• Offshore: Future Rounds
• Wave and tidal
• Research Advisory Group
• Stakeholder Groups
• Decommissioning
• Safety Zones