UK energy department BEIS is expected to publish the long-awaited offshore wind sector deal this week, according to industry sources.
The sector deal aims to deliver at least a third of the country’s electricity from offshore wind by 2030, equivalent to 30GW of installed capacity.
“The offshore sector deal will likely be published this week,” a source told reNEWS.
“BEIS is leading on this and it is likely to be the back end of the week,” the source added.
The sector deal will set out how the industry will employ 27,000 people by the end of the next decade.
The plan will also set a blueprint for the global market for offshore wind products and services provided by UK-based companies to be worth nearly £5bn a year.
The industry had hoped BEIS would publish the sector deal last month but sources said the detail of documents had yet to be finalised by the joint industry-government body, the Offshore Wind Industry Council.
BEIS has yet to respond to inquiries from reNEWS.