The Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) facilitated by IRENA held a Ministerial event during the COP28 entitled ‘From targets to turbines: Next Steps in offshore wind’.

The Offshore Wind Energy Patent Insights Report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) shows that between 2002-2022 patent filings for offshore wind technologies have grown on average by 18%.

Offshore renewables have significant potential to accelerate the global energy transition and create new economic and social opportunities.

Offshore renewables can play a key role in harnessing the benefits of the blue economy for sustainable development in SIDS, said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, at the Our Oceans conference held in Palau.