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Global installed capacity of offshore wind power reaches 6.1GW in 2020
Seetao 2021-09-10 10:20
  • Offshore wind power has the greatest potential in renewable energy technologies, and the policy environment is rapidly improved
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The global installed capacity of offshore wind power will grow steadily in 2020, but governments need to take decisive action to improve policies to help the world achieve carbon emissions targets and avoid the worst effects of global warming. The Wind Energy Commission released its flagship "Global Offshore Wind Power Report 2021".

The global offshore wind power industry installed 6.1GW of installed capacity in 2020, slightly lower than the record of 6.24GW in 2019, although GWEC is expected to set a new record in 2021 as the Chinese offshore wind power industry is eager to install before the current feed expires 7.5GW is in tariff (FIT).

For the third consecutive year, China leads the world in terms of new installed capacity. In 2020, offshore wind power will be connected to the grid by more than 3 GW. Stable growth in Europe accounts for most of the remaining new installed capacity, with the Netherlands leading, with installations close to 1.5 GW of new offshore wind power in 2020, followed by Belgium (706 MW).

The global installed capacity of offshore wind power will grow steadily in 2020, but governments need to take decisive action to improve policies to help the world achieve carbon emissions targets and avoid the worst effects of global warming. The Wind Energy Commission released its flagship "Global Offshore Wind Power Report 2021". The global offshore wind power industry installed 6.1GW of installed capacity in 2020, slightly lower than the record of 6.24GW in 2019, although GWEC is expected to set a new record in 2021, as the Chinese offshore wind power industry is eager to install before the current feed expires 7.5GW is in tariff (FIT).

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For the third consecutive year, China leads the world in terms of new installed capacity. In 2020, offshore wind power will be connected to the grid by more than 3 GW. Stable growth in Europe accounts for most of the remaining new installed capacity, with the Netherlands leading, with installations close to 1.5 GW of new offshore wind power in 2020, followed by Belgium (706 MW). The 2021 Global Offshore Wind Power Report found that among all renewable energy technologies, wind power has the greatest growth potential. Currently, 35GW of installed capacity is installed globally, helping the world avoid 62.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions-equivalent to reducing 20 million cars-while providing 700,000 jobs worldwide. Although this only accounts for 0.5% of the global installed power capacity.

The "Global Offshore Wind Power Report" emphasizes that to achieve the international net zero emission target, offshore wind power needs to quickly improve the policy environment. Although some countries in the world have formulated comprehensive offshore wind power goals and strategies, the report found that these goals together account for only 560 gigawatts. According to the scenarios released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), by 2050, the world needs 2,000 gigawatts of offshore wind power installed capacity to control the global temperature rise at 1.5°C. Below the previous level.

The report emphasized that to realize the potential of offshore wind power to achieve a net-zero world, major changes in political action are required to simplify planning and licensing systems, reduce red tape, establish a sound market framework, and completely reform the power grid and other infrastructure. GWEC CEO Ben Backwell said: “The offshore wind power industry continues to break records, reduce prices, and innovate to new heights and depths, while at the same time creating significant industrial and socio-economic benefits for countries that tap its potential.” “But just as the G20 is in It was acknowledged at the recent summit that we are in a climate emergency and we can no longer be satisfied with simply breaking records-the scale of growth we need to achieve for the future of the planet exceeds any scale we have seen before. Offshore industry I believe they can meet this challenge, but countries need to fill clear goals and policy gaps to achieve this goal."

Zhao Feng, head of market intelligence and strategy at GWEC, said that under the leadership of the United Kingdom, China and Germany, offshore wind power has seen unprecedented growth in the past decade. "Looking forward to the next 30 years, Asia will need to become the world's most important offshore wind power region to achieve such a large-scale capacity expansion, accounting for 40% of the 2000 GW required by 2050, followed by Europe with 32% and North America is 18%." Zhao said. "Although this seems to be a huge challenge, it is only a drop in the ocean compared to the 71,000 GW of technical offshore wind power potential that exists in the world today."

GWEC COP26 director Rebecca Williams (Rebecca Williams) said that the key COP26 meeting is about to be held, and now is the time for countries to introduce national policy frameworks to launch the offshore wind market this decade and show their serious attitude towards renewable energy. NS. "Offshore undoubtedly needs to play a central role in the global decarbonization plan, and is a natural sector that re-trains workers in the sunset fossil fuel industry while providing technology to scale new solutions such as green hydrogen to the required scale." Williams Say.

Keywords: new energy,Overseas engineering, international engineering construction, foreign engineering construction news

"But this shift and the additional benefits of employment, investment and infrastructure will not happen spontaneously-we need the government to commit to more ambitious goals and develop long-term, clear policies to support this unprecedented growth, regardless of Is it fixed bottom or infrastructure. Floating sea wind. Not doing so not only means that countries have missed huge economic benefits, but it also means that they have missed our most important solutions and opportunities to deal with today’s climate emergency.” She added road.Editor/XuNing

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