Europe pushes boundaries of offshore wind

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Offshore wind continues to break new boundaries. Europe has 120 offshore wind farms already. The EU wants much more and sees offshore wind producing around 20% of our power by 2050. The first 6 months of this year have seen some significant developments which give confidence that this can be achieved.

Europe built 1.3 GW of new offshore wind farms over January-June 2021. And 2.5 GW of new turbines were ordered, pointing to a doubling of the current build-out rate. The turbines keep getting larger. This year’s newly installed turbines average 8-10 MW each. Orders are already being placed for 12-15 MW turbines. And construction has now started on the Dogger Bank wind farm which will have 14 MW turbines – one rotation of each turbine can power a household for... ... More: Official Press Release WindEurope

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