Tag: The Crown Estate

Interconnectivity at heart of The Crown Estate’s new Nature Recovery approach

Stuart Mitchell

The Crown Estate has published a new ambition for Nature Recovery that will drive a consistent approach across its diverse assets on land and seabed, following a 12-month engagement process with a wide range of nature experts and organisations.   To ensure cohesive action across a diverse array of habitats and interconnected ecosystems, The Crown Estate sets out company-wide nature goals and commitments that will raise the bar on its ambitions for Nature Recovery. These goals set the focus of its delivery plan and there will be a further update published…

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New vision for UK seabed as The Crown Estate publishes bold approach to drive energy transition and nature recovery

Stuart Mitchell

An ambitious vision for how the UK’s seabed can continue to support the accelerated delivery of nature recovery and the transition to clean energy has been set out by The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Amid increasing demand on the seabed from sectors critical to the UK economy, The Crown Estate has been working with stakeholders to develop initial plans for a ground-breaking Marine Delivery Routemap. By working with others to create a holistic and long-term view of how the seabed is used,…

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The Crown Estate launches Supply Chain Accelerator to catalyse early-stage investment in UK offshore wind supply chain

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s offshore wind industry is set to benefit from increased early-stage investment in its supply chain through the launch of The Crown Estate’s innovative Supply Chain Accelerator (“the Accelerator”). The Accelerator is a new £50m fund created to accelerate and de-risk the early-stage development of projects linked to offshore wind, helping to grow and nurture the UK’s domestic supply chain. An initial £10m round of funding is now open for Expressions of Interest for businesses looking to establish UK projects that could support the development of a new UK…

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Scottish data integrated onto UK’s world-leading offshore data resource to help drive to net-zero

Stuart Mitchell

Following an agreement between The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland, the Marine Data Exchange has been extended to cover Scottish waters. The agreement will allow all developers working in UK waters to benefit from a more streamlined and comprehensive dataset to inform offshore developments, supporting the faster, more sustainable roll-out of offshore technologies that are critical to the UK’s energy transition, while protecting and restoring the biodiversity of our seas and the marine environment. Created by The Crown Estate in 2013, the Marine Data Exchange is the first of…

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UK Offshore Wind reaches new record high and is on track to generate enough electricity to meet the needs of nearly half of UK homes

Stuart Mitchell

Offshore wind farms in UK waters generated enough power to meet the electricity needs of 41% (11.5m) of the nation’s homes in a new record year in 2022, according to the latest Offshore Wind Report from The Crown Estate. In total Offshore Wind generated 45TWh of electricity last year, up from 37TWh in 2021 and a sixfold increase over the past 10 years, and is estimated to be generating enough electricity to meet the needs of nearly half (47%) of UK homes by the end of the current year. The…

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