Sustainable Biz Magazine A4 March 2023 - Flipbook - Page 24
Global offshore wind industry joins
forces with the Carbon Trust to
decarbonise and scale up sustainably
E
leven offshore wind
developers – bp, EnBW,
Fred Olsen Seawind, Ørsted,
Parkwind, RWE, Scottish
Power Renewables, Shell, SSE
Renewables, Total Energies and
Vattenfall – are partnering with the
Carbon Trust to make future offshore
wind more sustainable.
The developers design, build and
operate wind farms globally, including
across Europe, North America and
Asia, and collectively represent
around a quarter of global installed
capacity.
They will work in collaboration with
the Carbon Trust as part of the new
Offshore Wind Sustainability Joint
Industry Programme to develop the
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first industry-backed methodology
and guidance to measure and address
the carbon emissions associated with
offshore wind farms throughout their
lifecycle, including emissions from
the manufacturing of materials and
installation of wind farms.
The aim of this work is to help the
global offshore wind industry scale
as sustainably as possible and
continue its important contribution
towards meeting the world’s Net Zero
target by 2050 and limiting the most
extreme impacts of climate change. A
standardised methodology will ensure
the scale of installation needed is
delivered in a low carbon way and
encourage comparability across
developers and assets.
This programme is the fifth addition
S USTA I N A B L E B I Z M AG AZ I N E
FEBRUARY 2023
“By the end of 2021,
55GW of offshore wind
capacity was installed
globally, with over a third
of this being installed
within 2021.1 However,
according to the IEA, an
additional 70-80GW will
need to be installed every
year from 2030 in order
to achieve Net Zero by
2050"