Name: Norway Pavilion and delegation at Global Offshore Wind 2024
Start: 2024-06-18T07:30:00Z
End: 2024-06-19T15:30:00Z
Location: Manchester Central

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18 June 2024 - 19 June 2024

Location: Manchester Central, Manchester

Join the Norwegian delegation at Global Offshore Wind in Manchester 17 - 19 June

The UK is a global powerhouse in offshore wind energy, boasting a rapidly expanding market. With a government target of 50GW by 2030 and a streamlined development process, there's never been a better time to join our delegation at Global Offshore Wind. Showcase your products and services at the UK's premier offshore wind industry event.

Register here: Global Offshore Wind 2024 - Norwep. Deadline 30 May 2024

Positioned as the world's second-largest market, the UK stands out as a global leader in offshore wind energy, with over 13.7GW installed across 40+ sites.

The sector is set for robust expansion, with an additional 77 gigawatts in the pipeline across 80 projects in various stages, including construction, consented development, and planning for seabed leasing auctions.

The government's ambitious target of achieving 50GW of offshore wind by 2030, with 5GW utilising floating technology, underscores the commitment to sustainable energy.

The UK boasts one of the most sophisticated commercial pipelines, exemplified by the recent ScotWind leasing round, which allocated 25GW to both floating and fixed bottom wind projects. Enhancing this, the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) plays a pivotal role in streamlining processes, implementing planning reforms that have significantly reduced approval times for new offshore wind farms from four years to just one year.

Additionally, the UK Government has not only increased the frequency of auctions for funding through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to annual events, expanding opportunities for industry players, but has also recently improved the contract conditions by elevating the strike price for the scheme.

The 2019 Offshore Wind Sector Deal propelled the transformation of the UK offshore wind supply chain, emphasising an industry pledge to achieve 60% local content by 2030, and an estimated 90,000 anticipated jobs in the UK offshore wind sector by 2030.

There has not been a better time to showcase your products and services at UK's most important meeting place for the offshore wind sector.

For more information about Global Offshore Wind 2024, visit: https://events.renewableuk.com/gow24

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Important conditions

Companies must adhere to standards for responsible business conduct, including Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria.

Participants are expected to operate in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. This entails conducting business responsibly, respecting human rights, ensuring decent working conditions, safeguarding environmental considerations, and actively preventing corruption.

Companies must carry out their own due diligence assessments (risk assessments) to identify, prevent, and mitigate potential adverse impacts.