Offshore holds key to EU targets and jobs boom

WORLDWIDE: Just as onshore wind power settles into maturity, after several years of sustained growth that saw its transition from a niche sector to a mighty player on the global energy scene, its daughter industry, offshore wind, is pushing through with vigour. Only a few years ago offshore wind was more of a pipedream than a realistic proposition. Today, it has earned a place as a burgeoning industrial sector that promises to grow at a rate at least equal to the vertiginous rise enjoyed by onshore wind power over the past two decades.