Offshore wind keeps getting more attractive. In 2016, Europe alone saw total investments of EUR 22.6 billion in the technology, which corresponds to about 25 percent more than in 2015. Of this, EUR 18.2 billion was invested in 11 new projects with a total capacity of 4,948 MW, which is about 40 percent more money and almost two thirds as many megawatts as in 2015.
This is according to new statistics from European wind turbine organization Windeurope.
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