en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Crown Estate has decided to re-market a site in the Irish Sea with a potential capacity of up to 1.5 GW for offshore wind development. The site was originally offered in 2021 through Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, but development was terminated in January 2026. Since then, The Crown Estate has evaluated various re-entry options to unlock its potential, aiming to provide clean, homegrown energy for up to 1.5 million homes and create thousands of jobs.

This project is known as Morgan. The wind farm assets of the Morgan project received a Development Consent Order (DCO) in August 2025, and the DCO decision for its transmission assets (submitted jointly with the transmission assets of the 480 MW Morecambe offshore wind farm) is expected in September 2026. The site currently has a grid connection agreement with the National Energy System Operator (NESO). Further details on site conditions, the tender process, and the business model will be provided to developers shortly.

This tender process is independent of Leasing Round 6. The Crown Estate has previously announced plans to launch Leasing Round 6 in the first half of 2027, and this tender is not expected to impact that timeline.

Gus Jaspert, Managing Director of Marine at The Crown Estate, stated that offshore wind is a key industrial sector for the UK, a vital force driving clean, secure domestic energy and economic growth, and that the Morgan project can play an important role in advancing this national success story. He noted that after carefully evaluating a range of options, The Crown Estate is pleased to re-market the site and looks forward to finding a new developer to unlock its potential.

In May 2026, The Crown Estate released the 2025 UK Offshore Wind Report, which showed the sector's growing role in the UK's energy mix, providing nearly one-fifth (18%) of the country's total electricity generation in 2025. Offshore wind remains the UK's leading renewable energy source, generating 52 TWh of electricity in 2025, enough to power 15.5 million homes.

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