In late 2007 the UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform instigated studies to identify offshore wind sites for around 25 GW of generating capacity; the study, the Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (OESEA1, 2009) identified up to 33 GW of potential offshore wind power within English and Welsh territorial waters at sea bed depth of less than 60 meters ; In June 2008 the "Round 3" phase of UK offshore development was announced, subsequently the OESEA plan was adopted, and the Crown Estate designated several areas of potential development, and began a competitive tender process to allocate the sites to developers.