Floating offshore windfarms could provide up to 20GW of generation capacity by the middle of the century, a study commissioned by the Crown Estate Scotland has found. The analysis conducted by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult also suggests they have the potential to add £33.6bn to the UK economy between 2031 and 2050. “Floating wind is an important counterpart to fixed offshore wind and will make an increasingly important contribution to realising the full potential of the sector,” the report explains. “Longer term, floating wind can contribute at least 10GW towards the UK achieving 50GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050 and large-scale deployment of floating wind will be imperative if the UK is to realise ambitions in excess of 50GW.”
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