The Anonymous Widower

Crown Estate To Re-Tender 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Site Relinquished by EnBW And JERA Nex BP

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The Crown Estate will launch a competitive tender process next month to bring the 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind project in the Irish Sea back to market, with plans to appoint a new developer by late 2026.

These two paragraphs add more detail.

The Morgan site was originally awarded through Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 in 2021, but development was discontinued in January 2026 by the joint venture between EnBW and JERA Nex BP, which held the lease rights.

After EnBW decided to exit the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the UK, its joint venture partner JERA Nex BP acquired EnBW’s stake in 1.5 GW Mona, while the joint venture discontinued the development of the Morgan project and returned the lease rights to the Crown Estate.

There is no Morgan web site, but there is a joint web site with the Morecambe wind farm, which also has its own web site.

The joint web site has a home page showing both Morgan and Morecambe wind farms connecting to Penwortham substation.

In Mooir Vannin Offshore Wind Farm, I say that this web farm will also have a connection to the Penwortham substation.

There does seem a lot of bitterness about using the Penwortham substation being built.

This Ørsted map shows the large number of wind farms in the Irish Sea.

Note.

1. Mooir Vannin is a 1.4 GW wind farm being developed to the East of the Isle of Man
2. Morgan wind farm would have been a 1.5 GW wind farm to be South of Mooir Vannin.
3. Mona wind farm will be  a 1.5 GW to the South of Morgan.
4. Mona will connect to the North Wales coast.
5. Morecambe will be a 480 MW wind farm to the East of Morgan and Mona.
6. Mooir Vannin will connect to the Isle of Man.
7. Morgan and Morecambe wind farms were all planned to connect to the Penwortham substation.
8. Mooir Vannin will additionally connect to the Isle of Man.

It will be interesting to see, what proposals are put to the Crown Estate for a replacement of the Morgan wind farm.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see something to do with offshore production of hydrogen, as there is much more hydrogen production on the East side of the UK, due to the massive German AquaVentus project.

June 8, 2026 - Posted by AnonW | Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Hydrogen | AquaVentus, Ørsted, Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4, Crown Estate, EnBW, JERA Nex BP, Morgan Wind Farm, Offshore Hydrogen Production, Onshore Wind Power, Penwortham Substation, Wind Power