Europe's wind sector weathers pandemic with €43bn investment in 2020
Wind farms in the UK are getting larger, with Equinor’s planned Dogger Bank project set to have the same capacity as Hinkley Point C | Credit: Equinor
UK leads the way as Europe's onshore and offshore wind sector sees investment grow 70 per cent, despite Covid-19 disruption
Europe invested €43bn in new wind farms in 2020, marking the second highest level of investment on record and a major 70 per cent uptick on the sums channelled into the sector the previous year, as the industry continued to weather the wider economic headwinds caused by the coronavirus crisis.