In a trading statement published today, SSE says it was “disappointed”that neither Galloper nor Beatrice was included in the list of “provisionallyaffordable” projects revealed by the Department of Energy and Climate Changelast month.

SSE – which also owns a stake in the Round 3 Dogger Bank project –aims to conclude its offshore wind review by March.

Having previously nominated seven offshore wind projects aslikely candidates for an early CfD – including SSE and Repsol’s 1GW Beatrice –the government in December shrank that list to just four, three of them ownedby Dong.

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