​Offshore wind installations face bottlenecks

Rystad Energy has warned that offshore wind installations could suffer bottlenecks from 2024 as demand outpaces the supply of capable vessels.

An ongoing trend in the offshore wind energy sector is the growing size of the turbines. Alongside that is an increasing demand for renewable energy. Soon the installation market could struggle to keep up with the demand of this ’super-sized’ offshore wind sector. 

Operators will have to invest in new vessels or upgrade existing ones to install the super-sized turbines that are expected to become the norm by the end of the decade, or the pace of offshore wind installations could slow down, said Rystad.