RenewableUK chairman Andrew Jamieson tells Recharge that although the official baseline target for offshore wind is 13GW, the government “might” look at a bigger aim of up to 18GW, depending on cost­reduction goals, but that the industry would like “at least 20GW”.

Jamieson warns that damage could be caused to the creation of a supply-chain industry by “ambiguous” statements from state bodies such as the Climate