Select committee: Welsh Affairs Committee
Recommendation 9
Second Report - Floating Offshore Wind in Wales
Published 8 Mar 2023
Paragraph 43
Addressed to Wales Office
Welsh Affairs Committee Floating Offshore Wind in Wales All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
The UK Government should reform future Contracts for Difference auctions for floating offshore wind to include enforceable local content requirements as a condition of the contract. These requirements should be designed to align with those in The Crown Estate’s upcoming leasing rounds. It should also re-examine the parameters for Allocation Round 5 and take action to ensure the strike price fully reflects increased costs to developers arising from global economic pressures.
From: Welsh Affairs Committee, Second Report - Floating Offshore Wind in Wales (HC 1182), paragraph 43, 8 March 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 May 2023 (deadline 8 May 2023).