logo

UK Offshore Wind Capacity Expansion

Sector: Wind • Location: United Kingdom

Source: Canary Media

Project
Awarded

The United Kingdom added over a gigawatt of offshore wind capacity in 2025, bringing its total offshore capacity to nearly 17 GW. In January 2026, the UK government awarded 8.4 gigawatts worth of contracts to project developers to further grow offshore wind capacity.

Status
Closed
Sector
Wind, Government
Location
United Kingdom
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Canary Media

ConstructChat

Ask ConstructChat about UK Offshore Wind Capacity Expansion

Pick a question to edit it, or write your own.

First answer free · no account

I am a

Project Information FAQ

Project Information

3 Q
The project “UK Offshore Wind Capacity Expansion” is an infrastructure initiative in the Wind sector, located in United Kingdom. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Canary Media.

Participants

Not available for this record.

Status

Original status

awarded

Taiyo status

Closed

Taiyo last update

2026-07-22

Contact

Not available for this record.

Description

Description

The United Kingdom added over a gigawatt of offshore wind capacity in 2025, bringing its total offshore capacity to nearly 17 GW. In January 2026, the UK government awarded 8.4 gigawatts worth of contracts to project developers to further grow offshore wind capacity.

Original sector

Energy

Location

Country

United Kingdom (UK)

Source

Source

Canary Media

URL

More Details

Record type

Project

Sector

Wind, Government

Article published date

2026-04-24

More on this project

Research

Free account

View all details

You are reading the public part. A free account opens the rest:

  • Every detail on this project
  • News and media coverage
  • Technical research
View all details

Free account · no card · lands you back on this project