Britain’s offshore wind industry – already the global pacesetter with 5GW in place and on course for about 10GW by the end of the decade – has matured rapidly to the point where it could “readily” build 30GW by 2030, according to the Offshore Wind Vision report released today.
The study charts the huge progress made by the industry, which it says has already seen the level of subsidy needed fall by 38% and is on course to be competitive with other new generation sources by the mid-2020s, thanks to technological advances and some of the world's best wind resources on the UK's seas.
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