Scotland’s long-delayed ScotWind offshore wind licencing round will stick to the basic pricing structure for so-called ‘option fees’ but increase the maximum that could be paid by a bidder ten-fold, following a review sparked by the UK Crown Estate’s use of the controversial mechanism in making its Round 4 awards earlier last month.

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