Global Offshore Wind Power Increases
The global installed capacity of offshore wind energy increased 8 times. In the last 10 years, the installed wind energy power has reached 63 thousand 300 megawatts from 7 thousand 171 megawatts with the investments and projects implemented. According to the data of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Statista, the online statistics portal, it is predicted that there will be an increase of 25 thousand megawatts in the installed wind energy power every year compared to the previous year.
The installed capacity of offshore wind energy increased by 8,800 megawatts last year, thanks to the clean energy investments accelerated by countries that want to turn to clean energy instead of fossil fuels, especially in energy-intensive sectors, in the areas of combating climate change and environmental protection. Compared to the figures at the end of 2022, in the offshore installed wind energy power, an 8-fold increase has been achieved, from 7,171 megawatts to 63,300 megawatts. It is aimed to reach 130 gigawatts in offshore wind energy for the period 2023 - 2027. It is expected that the 8-fold increase in global offshore wind power over the past 10 years will continue to increase with the advancing rotations.
While the global average offshore wind energy turbine capacity is around 8-10 megawatts, efforts are underway to increase the average turbine capacity to 15 megawatts thanks to the studies carried out in recent years.
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