The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) wrote to UK energy minister Michael Fallon setting out its concerns in late September, following a series of meetings with officials.
The sector had already raised fears over policy in areas including capacity ambition and the “strike prices” on offer to developers under the UK’s incoming contracts for difference (CfD) support regime.
Developers are particularly worried that the UK government’s plans are based on a capacity as low as 8GW by 2020, with little visibility beyond that.
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