Tender, licensing and allocation rounds for offshore wind, grids, oil and gas, CCS and hydrogen, worldwide, as officially scheduled. Dates as published by the authority named; checked on 8 Oct 2026; changes are common — always check the source.
Official schedules only. A round announced without dates is listed as announced, with “not published” where the authority has given no date. This is not a complete list of every round in every country.
Add to calendar (.ics)Real dates only; quarters are left out of the file.
Each region opens and closes. A period the source gives only as a quarter, half year or year is drawn hollow across that period. Rows link to the entry below.
Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and France: official schedules only. Rounds announced without dates are listed as announced. Grid and HVDC award rounds appear only where the TSO or regulator has published a schedule; most have not.
Grid & HVDCannounced
United Kingdom · Ofgem offshore transmission owner (OFTO) tenders
Ofgem said on 2026-03-24 that Tender Round 14 is currently expected to begin in autumn 2026 and that the specific assets have not yet been confirmed; no launch notice or asset list was on Ofgem's OFTO tender rounds page on the check date.
CCS & hydrogenannounced
Netherlands · SDE++
RVO moved the round one month later than the 22 September-22 October window in the February 2026 letter to parliament; the letter sets the budget and adds CCS with low-carbon hydrogen and DAC categories.
Offshore windannounced
Netherlands · Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
Permit with subsidy or a subsidy-free bid, both procedures run at the same time; maximum tender amount EUR 0.117 per kWh; RVO expects the wind farm to be operational in 2032.
On the North Sea map: IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A / Gamma-B wind farm sites, IJmuiden Ver Gamma
Offshore windannounced
Netherlands · Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
Added to the 2026 round by government decision in April 2026; maximum tender amount EUR 0.116 per kWh; RVO expects the wind farm to be operational in 2032.
On the North Sea map: IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A / Gamma-B wind farm sites, IJmuiden Ver Gamma
CCS & hydrogenannounced
European Union · European Hydrogen Bank / Innovation Fund auctions
Commission plans to open the fourth auction in December 2026 and close it in February 2027; draft terms and conditions were published 9 July 2026 and the 7-week consultation concluded on 8 September 2026 with a webinar; final terms not yet published; Topic 2 admits electrolytic low-carbon hydrogen.
Offshore windannounced
United Kingdom · The Crown Estate offshore wind leasing
The Crown Estate intends to launch the round in the first half of 2027 after market engagement; capacity and sites remain subject to stakeholder engagement and NESO network plans.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Offshore windannounced
Germany · WindSeeG offshore wind site tenders
The amended site development plan of 30 Jan 2026 sets tender year 2028 for N-6.8 (moved from 2027) and N-9.5; no bid date published. A WindSeeG amendment bill adopted by the cabinet on 2 Sep 2026 (Drucksache 21/8238, not yet law) would introduce a two-stage subsidy-free/CfD award and a 2,000-4,800 MW annual corridor, and would form the basis for the next site development plan, which may re-cut sites.
Offshore windannounced
Belgium · Princess Elisabeth Zone tenders
Previous tender cancelled in early July 2025; on 18 Jul 2026 the Council of Ministers approved the amended tender royal decree (two-sided CfD, five-year build period, no strike price cap); launch follows Council of State advice and EU state aid notification, no launch date given.
Offshore windannounced
Netherlands · Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
RVO's public planning table lists the tender/permit procedure for both sites as to be determined; the minister's 21 May 2026 letter to Parliament (Kamerstuk 33561, nr. 102) confirmed Doordewind kavel II's location in the development framework but left both kavels' delivery and tender dates unchanged pending the full roadmap update due end 2026.
On the North Sea map: Doordewind 1, Doordewind 2
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Offshore windannounced
Netherlands · Dutch two-way contracts for offshore wind
RVO states that the first offshore wind contracts for difference are planned to launch towards the end of 2027; no site or date published.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Offshore windannounced
Netherlands · Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
RVO's planning table lists the permit procedure for these sites as to be determined.
On the North Sea map: Nederwiek wind farm zone, Nederwiek 2
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Offshore windannounced
Netherlands · Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
RVO's planning table lists the permit procedure for both sites as to be determined; the roadmap map notes Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden as a possible hydrogen demonstration site.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
CCS & hydrogenannounced
United Kingdom · UK Hydrogen Production Business Model allocation rounds
Government stated an aim to launch HAR3 by 2026 and HAR4 from 2028; no application window published.
Offshore windannounced
Norway · Norway offshore wind area allocation
Two project areas were awarded on 2025-12-11; NVE held a hearing on the study programmes until 2026-06-18; a later competition gives state aid to one rights holder, no date published.
Official schedules only. Several Baltic Sea rounds were closed without award or have no new date; those are left out until the authority publishes one.
Offshore windannounced
Poland · Poland Offshore Wind Act phase II auctions
Statutory schedule sets the second phase II auction for 2027 with a maximum volume of 4 GW; the first auction was held on 17 Dec 2025 and awarded 3,435 MW to three projects; no 2027 auction date announced.
Official schedules only: federal and state agencies' own notices. Rounds announced without dates are listed as announced.
Offshore windannounced
Canada · Canada-Nova Scotia offshore wind land tenure
Prequalification ran 16 October 2025 to 13 January 2026; the province states the first call for bids comes in 2026 and the Premier said on 26 June 2026 it opens later this year; no bid deadline published.
checked on 8 Oct 2026
Oil & gas licensingannounced
United States · BOEM OBBBA lease sales
Schedule lists a Cook Inlet sale in March 2027 (named 'Alaska Cook Inlet - BBC2' on boem.gov) and March 2028 (BBC3); the 2026 sale (BBC1, held 2 February - 4 March 2026) received no bids according to BOEM. No notice of sale for BBC2 found as of 8 October 2026.
Oil & gas licensingannounced
United States · BOEM OBBBA lease sales
The Interior leasing schedule under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act lists Gulf of America sales in March and August of each year; boem.gov's OBBBA schedule names the March 2027 sale 'Gulf of America - BBG4'. No proposed or final notice of sale for BBG4 was found as of 8 October 2026.
Official schedules only, from the ministries and regulators named. Rounds announced without dates are listed as announced.
Offshore windannounced
Japan · Japan Marine Renewable Energy Act operator tenders
METI lists Hokkaido Matsumae and Hokkaido Hiyama as zones with pre-tender information provision; no tender start date is published, and no date for re-tendering the returned Round 1 zones was found.
General sequence, not a forecast for any round listed here.