To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s projection that the sector will create 27,000 skilled jobs by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
Answered on
1 May 2018
In the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government reaffirmed our future support for offshore wind stating that we would improve the route to market for renewable technologies such as offshore wind through:
- Up to £557 million for further Pot 2 Contract for Difference auctions with the next one planned for spring 2019;
- Working with industry as they develop an ambitious Sector Deal for offshore wind which could result in 10 gigawatts of new capacity, with the opportunity for additional deployment if this is cost effective, built in the 2020s.
No specific assessment has been made on the accuracy of the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s projection.
Answered by
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy