Crown Estate downplays prospects for offshore wind Round 4

Jessica Shankleman
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Senior development manager argues that Round 3 is keeping developers occupied and there is no need to look beyond 2020 yet

The UK's emerging offshore wind industry has only just started work on ambitious plans to build more than 30GW of new capacity, and is not yet looking to invest in a fourth round of offshore wind farms....

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