Our Energy & Infrastructure portfolio
As managers of the UK’s seabed out to the 12 nautical mile limit, we play a unique role in the UK’s energy supply and infrastructure by working in partnership with a wide range of organisations. Our interests include wind, wave and tidal power, carbon capture and storage, gas storage, marine aggregates and minerals, cables and pipelines.
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Our Portfolio
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£50.5 million Revenue from Energy and infrastructure in 2014/15.
£868 million Property value of Energy and infrastructure in 2014/15.
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Aggregate dredging and the Norfolk coastline
There are no physical processes linking marine aggregate extraction to the natural erosion of the coastline, which has been occurring since prehistory.
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Energy & Infrastructure business at a glance
Our interests include wind, wave and tidal power, carbon capture and storage, gas storage, marine aggregates and minerals, cables and pipelines. How is the portfolio performing?
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Maps and GIS downloads
Our Energy & Infrastructure team regularly update maps and GIS datasets as part of a comprehensive set covering our offshore activities.
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Latest stories
Useful documents
- A guide to an offshore wind farm (PDF, 2.97 MB)
- Annual Report and Accounts 2015 (PDF, 7.19 MB)
- Offshore wind cost reduction pathways study (PDF, 3.29 MB)
- Offshore wind operational report (PDF, 2.35 MB)
- Round 3 zone appraisal and planning (PDF, 0.72 MB)
- The Crown Estate role in offshore renewable energy (PDF, 0.16 MB)
- The Crown Estate industry engagement exercise (PDF, 0.48 MB)
- Your career in offshore wind energy (PDF, 8.45 MB)
E&I Key Facts series
- Key facts: UK carbon capture and storage (PDF, 0.89 MB)
- Key facts: UK ocean energy (PDF, 1.17 MB)
- Key facts: UK offshore wind (PDF, 1.48 MB)
Popular maps
- All offshore activity (UK) (A4) (PDF, 0.98 MB)
- All offshore activity (Scotland) (A4) (PDF, 0.91 MB)
- Cables and pipelines (UK) (PDF, 1.35 MB)
- Marine minerals (UK) (PDF, 0.79 MB)
- Offshore renewable energy (UK) (PDF, 1.28 MB)
- Offshore wind (UK) (PDF, 0.45 MB)
- Round 3 offshore wind (PDF, 0.9 MB)