Present and future of offshore wind

The guest today is Andrei Utkin, principal analyst for cleantech at IHS Markit and expert in offshore wind.

 

Offshore wind is a hot topic right now with rising market capitalisations from established players despite the covid-19 pandemic,  as well as oil majors such as BP and Equinor entering into partnerships to invest in the market.

 

We discuss the drivers behind this growth, whether or not the transition into offshore from oil majors is meaningful, and where the market is going in terms of technology such as floating offshore wind, and geographies such as North America