The Crown Estate said on Monday it will start a competitive tender next month for the Morgan offshore wind site in the Irish Sea, a location with potential output of up to 1.5 gigawatts of electricity.
The site was originally made available through an offshore wind leasing round in 2024, but active development work stopped in January 2026. Since that pause, the Crown Estate - which manages extensive areas of land and the majority of Britains seabed - has reviewed several courses of action to return the project to the market.
Regulatory progress for Morgan includes a development consent order granted in August 2025. Despite that approval, the project is still awaiting a determination on its application for transmission assets, a pending administrative decision noted by the Crown Estate.
Officials stressed the upcoming competitive tender is a separate process from the organisations Leasing Round 6. That leasing round is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2027, and will be conducted independently of the Morgan tender.
The Crown Estates announcement follows its internal evaluation of multiple options for reintroducing the Morgan site to market participants. The next step will be the open tender process planned for next month, which will invite competitive bids under the terms to be published by the Crown Estate.
While the project holds a development consent order, its ability to progress into construction and generation remains contingent on the decision regarding transmission assets. The Crown Estates clarification that the Morgan tender is distinct from Leasing Round 6 indicates the organisation intends to handle the sites immediate re-marketing on its own timetable rather than bundling it into the broader round planned for 2027.
Clear summary: The Crown Estate will launch a competitive tender next month for the Morgan offshore wind site in the Irish Sea, a 1.5 GW project that received a development consent order in August 2025, paused development in January 2026, and remains pending a transmission asset decision. The tender is separate from Leasing Round 6, due in the first half of 2027.