Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

Capacities and earnings are at the very top when it comes to figures of interest in offshore wind. Today, on offshoreWIND.biz, more than one record-breaking figure has made the headlines.

Quick overview:

• The Crown Estate has earned 41.5% more than in the previous financial year thanks to option fees for offshore wind leases.
• The Australian government is proposing to declare a new offshore wind development zone, which has the potential to house 14 GW of offshore wind capacity.
• A 16 MW wind turbine, whose installation offshore China started a few days ago, is now up in Pingtan, Fujian Province.

In the UK, The Crown Estate has reported a record net revenue profit of GBP 442.6 million (～ EUR 512 million) for the financial year 2022/23 – 41.5% more than for the previous year – largely due to option fees that the developers of the Round 4 #offshorewind farms started paying in 2023.?

The Australian government has opened public consultation on an offshore wind area identified in the Southern Ocean, which encompasses the states of Victoria and South Australia, that it proposes to declare an offshore wind development zone. The zone has the potential to accommodate?up to 14 GW of offshore wind capacity, which would be enough to power up to 8.4 million homes.

In China, the world's biggest and most powerful wind turbine, Goldwind's GWH252-16MW, stands complete in Fujian Province's Pingtan County, where it will spin as part of China Three Gorges' 400 MW Zhangpu Liuao Phase 2 offshore wind farm.

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