The UK has "got its maths wrong" over the support levels on offer claims RWE Innogy chief operating officer Paul Coffey, in another stark exampleof the gulf between the industry and government's views of offshore wind's viability under the country’s impending contracts-for-difference (CfD) regime.

Many in the offshore industry are counting on Galloper – jointly owned by RWE and SSE, and consented for up to 504MW – to be the next UK offshorewind project to reach a final investment decision (FID), which was expected early next year.

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