London, 24 June 2025 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells has advised The Crown Estate on its award of options to Equinor and Gwynt Glas – a joint venture between EDF Renewables UK and ESB – to deliver two new floating windfarms off the coasts of Wales and the South West England.
The new windfarms will be amongst the largest of their kind in the world. They are the outcome of a competitive auction process run by The Crown Estate to deliver up to 4.5 gigawatts of secure, renewable energy – enough to power more than four million homes.The use of floating technology is an important new development in the renewable energy sector because it allows wind farms to be located in much deeper waters, further away from the shore, where the wind is stronger and the waters are less congested. The Hogan Lovells team was led by partner Scott Tindall, with support from partner Graham Cutts, legal director Kathrine Eddon, consultant Kate Rees, senior associate Amy Cleaves and associates Katie Dunn and Giorgio Perretti, with many others supporting from across the firm.Scott Tindall, an infrastructure and energy projects partner, said: “These are transformative deals for the UK renewable energy sector because the projects are expected to be amongst the first commercial-scale floating wind farms to be built in the world. They are another example of the ground-breaking work that Hogan Lovells is doing for clients at the forefront of the energy transition”.