The European wind industry rode out the first wave of Covid with a record €14.3bn ($16.8bn) in finance raised in the first half of the year, as a hard-hit onshore sector was buoyed by bullish investment in the region’s offshore build-out, according to a new calculations from advocacy body WindEurope.

Under “very challenging” working conditions, a total of 5.1GW was installed in the first six months of 2020, with 3.9GW