The UK should boost its local content target for offshore wind projects to 60%, according to a study led by former energy minister Sir Michael Fallon.
The increase in the target from the current 50% would reflect the progress made in the sector since the original advisory goal was agreed with the industry in 2012, and help foster a UK offshore wind supply chain well placed to export as the sector grows around the world, said Fallon in the report commissioned by sector supplier Wilton Engineering.
