In an environment of continually falling offshore wind prices amid fierce competition and rapid global expansion, the UK industry more than ever needs an Offshore Wind Sector Deal with the government, Hugh McNeal, chief executive at RenewableUK, said.

“I feel so strongly about a sector deal, because it could be genuinely transformational,” McNeal told an audience of industry executives and experts at the opening of the Global Offshore Wind 2018 trade fair and conference in Manchester.