The Global Wind Energy Council has released its annual Global Offshore Wind Report, outlining that 6.1 GW of offshore wind was developed in 2020. This figure sits around 2.1 GW below the one given by Rethink Energy in January – likely due to discrepancy in the definition of ‘installed’ in China. GWEC reported China to have installed 3 GW through the year (compared to Rethink’s 4.7 GW figure), followed by the Netherlands with 1.5 GW and Belgium with 706 MW. This places 2020 as the second highest year for Offshore Wind installations despite COVID disruptions, following record year in 2019, when 6.2 GW of capacity was installed. “The world has so far installed only 2% of the offshore wind capacity…