The UK government reinforced the pivotal role of offshore wind in its low-carbon future as it pledged to study potential deployment of turbines at sea “in the late 2020s and beyond”, as part of a Clean Growth Strategy that also includes ambitious goals in areas such as electric vehicles, storage and green industrial expansion.
The Clean Growth Strategy reiterates earlier announcements that further ongoing offshore wind cost reductions “could result in 10GW of new capacity built in the 2020s” as the government continues to negotiate a so-called ‘Sector Deal’ with the industry.
