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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jillian Ambrose and David Batty

Windfarms help drive record profit for crown estate

UK offshore wind
The sovereign grant for 2023-24 will remain the same despite annual profits leaping from nearly £130m to £443m. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

The crown estate has generated record profits of almost half a billion pounds from Britain’s offshore windfarms, as talks continue over how much of the windfall should be shared with King Charles.

The royal property manager made £443m in profits in its last financial year, up by almost £130m from the year before, in large part thanks to payments made by renewable energy companies for the right to access the seabed.

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