Nine countries join international alliance to boost offshore wind power

• 1 year, 5 months ago (2022-11-10)
• David Flin

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Nine countries joined the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) at the UN COP27 climate summit to encourage the development of offshore wind power. GOWA was initially established by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Denmark, and the Global Wind Energy Council .

The nine countries joining GOWA are Belgium, Britain, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, and USA.

IRENA and the International Energy Agency (IEA) predict that offshore wind capacity will: “need to exceed 2000 GW in 2050, from just over 60 GW today” to help prevent temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era. To do this, GOWA aims to reach a total of: “at least 380 GW installed capacity” by the end of the decade.

Tinne Van der Straeten, Belgian Energy Minister, said that the: “North Sea will transform to a large sustainable power plant. With this green acceleration, we can replace gas and oil faster.”