Offshore wind turbines could number 30,000 by 2030 – new ideas in ocean engineering are needed to install them

Susan Gourvenec & Rebecca Sykes, The Conversation Energy Solutions

Offshore wind turbines could number 30,000 by 2030 – new ideas in ocean engineering are needed to install them
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The UK is planning to install 40 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 – enough to provide electricity to every home in the country. This would require 5,000 wind turbines – double the number installed offshore worldwide at the end of 2020. Current projections indicate 234 gigawatts of offshore wind energy will be installed globally by 2030, which could mean around 30,000 turbines.

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