Industry leaders in Cornwall are calling for floating windfarms off the coast, which could unlock green growth and create thousands of jobs, if power is landed directly in Cornwall.
The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed around the UK, will invite energy companies to bid for leases to build the windfarms in the Celtic Sea later this summer. The intention is to unlock 4GW of electricity by 2035, which is enough for three million homes, with potential for 24GW in the years to follow. The Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership has compared this to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, which will bring 3.2GW when complete.
Industry leaders in Cornwall are now urging both The Crown Estate and the National Grid to bring at least 2GW ashore in Cornwall by 2030 as part of the first phase of Celtic Sea development.
