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Offshore wind will 'surge' to over 234 GW by 2030; India lags behind
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SME Times News Bureau | 05 Aug, 2020
While India is set to miss its first national offshore wind target,
global offshore wind capacity will surge to over 234 GW by 2030 from
29.1 GW at the end of 2019, led by exponential growth in the
Asia-Pacific region and continued strong growth in Europe, a new report
by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said on Wednesday.
In India nearly 70 GW potential has been earmarked for offshore wind development.
However,
the tender for the first 1 GW project in the Gulf of Khambhat in
Gujarat has been delayed and attention has now turned to the stronger
wind resource area off Tamil Nadu.
India has a national target to have 5 GW installed capacity by 2022 and 30 GW by 2030.
The
GWEC in the second edition of its Global Offshore Wind Report finds
that 2019 was the best year on record for offshore wind, with 6.1 GW of
new capacity added globally, bringing total global cumulative
installations to 29.1 GW.
China remains in the number one spot
for the second year in a row for new installations, installing a record
2.4 GW, followed by the UK at 1.8 GW and Germany at 1.1 GW.
While
Europe continues to be the leading region for offshore wind, countries
in the Asia-Pacific region, such as Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, and South
Korea, as well as the US market are quickly picking up pace and will be
regions of significant growth in the next decade.
The report
finds that offshore wind in India is expected to compete with cheaper
land-based renewables and it has stalled the market.
The GWEC
Market Intelligence forecasts that through 2030, more than 205 GW of new
offshore wind capacity will be added globally, including at least 6.2
GW of floating offshore wind.
This represents a 15 GW increase
from the forecasts in GWEC Market Intelligence's pre-COVID forecast,
demonstrating the resilience of the sector to play a major role in
powering both the energy transition and a green recovery.
GWEC
CEO Ben Backwell said: "Offshore wind is truly going global, as
governments around the world recognise the role that the technology can
play in starting post-COVID economic recovery through large-scale
investment, creating jobs and bringing economic development to coastal
communities.
"Over the coming decade we will see emerging
offshore markets like Japan, Korea and Vietnam move to full deployment,
and see the first offshore turbines installed in a number of new
countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa."
The report shows
that 900,000 jobs will be created in the offshore sector over the next
decade -- and this number can only increase if policymakers put in place
recovery strategies that can further accelerate the growth of the
sector.
The global offshore market has grown on an average by 24 per cent each year since 2013.
Europe remains the largest market for offshore wind at the end of 2019, making up 75 per cent of the total global installations.
Europe
will continue to be a leader in offshore wind, with an ambitious 450 GW
goal by 2050 driven by installations in the UK, the Netherlands,
France, Germany, Denmark and Poland, with several other EU markets
posting double-digit volumes.
Taiwan is set to become the second
largest offshore wind market in Asia after Mainland China, with a goal
of 5.5 GW by 2025 and an additional 10 GW by 2035.
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