In its new annual report, GWEC says the total installed offshore wind capacity reached 34 GW in Asia-Pacific in 2022, with China continuing to lead global offshore wind development in 2022, although its new installations dropped to 5 GW from 21 GW in 2021.
Europe connected 2.5 GW of new offshore wind capacity in 2022 and reached 30 GW of total installed offshore wind capacity, 46 per cent of which is in the UK.
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The remainder of the 8.8 GW added last year was connected in two more APAC countries, Taiwan (1,175 MW) and Japan (84 MW).
“The offshore wind sector has delivered another year of impressive growth to reinforce last year’s record numbers. This report outlines that the potential is there for record growth every year from now on. This would deliver a transformed, clean, secure energy system – particularly in the Asia-Pacific region” , said Ben Backwell , CEO at GWEC.
“However, governments and industry across the world will need to work together if this potential is to be realised, while trade and industrial policies will need to focus on partnership and collaboration to deliver investment and growth”.
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Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has issued its annual offshore wind report, according to which 2022 was the second-best year for new capacity ever, with 8.8 GW connected to the grid around the world. The report also forecasts that a further 380 GW of offshore wind will be added by 2032, nearly hal
