Grid Connection Delays Threaten UK’s Offshore Wind Push

The majority of the UK’s recently announced offshore wind farms are stuck in a queue waiting for grid connections, despite a government push to speed up investment.

Most of the projects that won contracts in this year’s subsidy auction, known as AR7, have yet to be given a firm connection date, according to people familiar with the matter. RWE AG won five of the six contracts for fixed bottom offshore wind farms this year and SSE Plc was awarded one.