The Scottish offshore wind leasing round will not take place before July at the earliest, rather than in April as previously indicated, Crown Estate Scotland has announced. The timing will be linked to the publication by Marine Scotland of its Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP), so may yet be later than July.

Ireland’s peat agency Bord na Mona has lodged plans for a 96MW wind farm in the southern part of County Longford on land previously used for peat extraction.