The data provided will inform thinking on spatial planning off the UK sothat licensing of the emerging transmission network can be betterstructured.

Crown Estate permission is needed for export lines installed on theseabed and foreshore out to the 12 nautical mile limit of British territorialwaters.

It is estimated that renewable energy trading projects in this swathe ofUK offshore could grow to up to 5GW capacity by 2020.

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