Offshore wind is poised to see an innovation revolution in the next five years. A number of key early-stage technology developments are maturing into commercially viable options, while later-stage R&D projects are seeing successful deployment of prototypes that are poised to enter production.

Totaro & Associates’ offshore wind technology forecast was constructed based on an analysis of the innovation landscape, including 62,000 globally filed patents, to determine the likelihood of adoption of these early and mid-stage technologies under development.