Two
issues
lie
at
the
heart
of
the
matter:
the
view
that
credit-rating
agencies
take
of
offshore
wind
projects
at
various
points
during
their
gestation,
and
the
extent
to
which
regulators
allow
institutional
investors
to
sink
money
into
such
“risky”
assets.
Like
pension
funds
and
other
institutional
investors,
large
insurance
companies
such
as
Germany’s
Allianz
are
seen
as
a
critical
source
of
funding
for
the
offshore
wind
industry,
given
their
long
investment
time
horizon.
Many
observers
believe
the
industry's
future
success
hinges
on
its
ability
to
bring
institutional
investors
on
board…
