| Author(s) |
Subtheme Group |
| Abstract |
The offshore wind sub-theme focusses on offshore wind, both fixed and floating platforms. This report focusses on offshore wind exclusively as it: 1) is expected to be deployed at significantly larger scale than solar and onshore wind and 2) is a relatively immature technology with greater opportunities for innovation to bring system benefits and unlock export opportunities for UK business. Offshore wind’s role in the energy system, as a variable renewable, is like that of solar and onshore wind in that it is a relatively low-cost source of low-carbon electricity. However, the ability to deploy the technology without as many practical and acceptability limits that occur onshore means that a higher potential is possible. In the future, if the available resource is less constrained, it may be possible for offshore wind to production of storable renewable fuels (e.g. hydrogen). |
| Download |
Energy Innovation Needs Assessment. Sub-theme report on Offshore wind (2019)  |
| Year |
2019 |
| Status |
Current |
| Timescale |
No Data Supplied |
| Geographic Coverage |
UK |
| Funder |
BEIS |
| Methods |
Desk research and stakeholder enagagement |
| Stakeholder |
Academic community, industry and government |
| Document Structure |
No Data Supplied |
| Rights |
OGL 3.0 |
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