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ScottishPower, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, missed out on the UK's recent offshore wind auction (AR7), where RWE secured government-backed Contracts for Difference (CfD) for five projects, some without planning consent. ScottishPower's 800MW East Anglia One North project was shovel-ready, while RWE's contracts are for less mature projects expected to be built by 2031-32.

Two awarded projects, phases of RWE's Dogger Bank South, have not obtained planning consent, with decisions delayed until April 30. Keith Anderson criticized the auction's speculative bidding process and its implications for project delivery.