1.5 GW Morgan Offshore Wind Site Up For Grabs Again As Crown Estate Launches Accelerated Tender
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
The Crown Estate has launched an accelerated tender process to select a new developer for the up to 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind project in the Irish Sea after the previous developer discontinued the project earlier this year.
These two paragraphs add more detail.
The Morgan site was originally awarded through Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 in 2021 and was held by a joint venture between EnBW and JERA Nex BP. Its development was discontinued in January 2026 after EnBW decided to exit the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the UK. JERA Nex BP then 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.
The Crown Estate announced in March 2026 that it would re-tender the site.
Given, that the article mentions an accelerated tender process, is the Crown Estate expecting the developer to put the hammer down.
Google AI says this about the original connection date.
Expected to be operational in 2028/2029 at the earliest, or by 2030 according to initial scheduling.
If it made 2030, that would mean a total offshore wind fleet of 55.15 GW and the Government’s 50 GW target of offshore wind power by 2030 would have been achieved.
That would do nicely.
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