Offshore wind could create over 7,000 new jobs in Spain until 2030, with more than 17,000 people working in the sector by 2050, according to estimates in a white paper released by the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE).

The white paper states that, if Spain reached its 2050 targets for installed offshore wind capacity, the impact on employment would mean a gradual increase in the number of equivalent annual jobs between 2025 and 2050, from 7,523 jobs per year during the 2025-2030 period to 17,438 in the 2045-2050 period.