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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12420

7 February 2020
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Despite a record year in 2019, offshore wind turbine construction still falls short of EU climate targets
Brussels, 06/02/2020 (Agence Europe)

Europe has developed 3.6 GW of new offshore wind turbine capacity in 2019, a record in terms of annual installations, according to a report published by WindEurope on Thursday 6 February. Nevertheless, ”the current level of new installations and investments is far from sufficient”, the association confesses.

According to WindEurope, the European Commission estimates that the EU needs 230-450 GW of offshore wind energy by 2050 to achieve climate neutrality. This is equivalent to building...

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