
A new Arup study on the future of offshore wind has illustrated the potential scale for future deployment on the UK seas and is helping to understand and address how we best manage the various demands on our marine environment.
The Future Offshore Wind Scenarios (FOWS) report is intended to support the future development of offshore wind by illustrating the complex factors that must be balanced within the marine environment, including consideration of the cost of energy.
The study - commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland, and carried out by Arup with support from ORE Catapult and ABPmer - provides the first illustrative framework for how the UK could deploy sufficient offshore wind to meet net zero.