THE government has secured record levels of offshore wind power in its latest renewable energy auction, delivering 8.4 gigawatts of capacity in a move cautiously welcomed by campaigners and unions.
Six new offshore wind projects won contracts, including Berwick Bank in the North Sea, the first new Scottish offshore wind scheme since 2022 and the largest planned project of its kind globally.
Another major project is the first Welsh offshore wind scheme to secure a contract in more than a decade.
Two floating offshore wind projects were also backed.
Developers secured an average strike price of £91 per megawatt hour, or just over £65 in 2012 prices.
CRYSTAL PALACE manager Oliver Glasner confirmed today he will leave the club at the end of the season.
The highly rated Austrian, who has been tipped to take over at Manchester United as the club’s next permanent boss, guided the Eagles to FA Cup success last season, but had not agreed a contract extension at Selhurst Park.
Glasner, 51, arrived at Palace in 2024, having won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt.
“My decision has already been taken months ago,” Glasner told a press conference.
“I had a meeting [with Steve Parish] in the October international break, we had dinner and a very long talk and I told him I would not sign a new contract for Crystal Palace.
“We agreed at that time that it was best to keep it between us, this is how confidential we work together, that we could keep it between us for three months.”
Glasner is glad to have been able to give everyone at the club a sense of “clarity” moving forwards, with the Palace boss also confirming captain Marc Guehi was in the “final stages” of completing his move to Manchester City.
Glasner added: “I told the team today the same, because I think it is now important to have clarity, because I don’t want this question at the players and ‘what is going on?’
“We had a very busy schedule, that is why we didn’t want to tell it just because we want the same, Steve and me, we want the best for Crystal Palace.”