Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

(asked on 19th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s projection that the sector will create 27,000 skilled jobs by 2030; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 1st May 2018

In the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government reaffirmed our future support for offshore wind stating that we would improve the route to market for renewable technologies such as offshore wind through:

  • Up to £557 million for further Pot 2 Contract for Difference auctions with the next one planned for spring 2019;
  • Working with industry as they develop an ambitious Sector Deal for offshore wind which could result in 10 gigawatts of new capacity, with the opportunity for additional deployment if this is cost effective, built in the 2020s.

No specific assessment has been made on the accuracy of the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s projection.

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