Stefanie Bourne, Director - Renewables & Offshore Wind, UK & Ireland, Energy Systems at DNV, said:
"As DNV is a member of the offshore wind supply chain here in the UK, we’re very pleased to see further financial commitments from the UK Government to support the manufacturing element of supply chain. The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan forecasted a quadrupling of offshore wind capacity in the next five years.  In DNV’s UK Energy Transition Outlook 2025, we estimate only a doubling of capacity during this time – and supply chain is one of the key barriers inhibiting our ability to get where we need to be.
 
"Reinforcing the manufacturing element of the offshore wind supply chain in the UK is a no brainer.  It will open up thousands of new jobs and reinforce our energy security in a time of economic uncertainty.  Providing these investments to our supply chain will also provide assurance, predictability and certainty – something our industry could strongly benefit from at the moment."

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