The company’s new report forecasts offshore wind power to grow from a totalinstalled capacity of 5.1GW last year to 54.9GW by 2020 – a better thanten-fold increase, and representing a compound annual growth rate of 34.5%.

The UK’s prime mover status is expected to be reinforced during thisperiod, building on the 2.7GW of new turbines erected in its offshore regionlast year – more than half of the new global installed capacity.

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