1、Floating Offshore WindNew Breakout Markets:a Legal and Regulatory Review Grow|Protect|Operate|FinanceFebruary 2024Contents04.Foreword06.Executive Summary11.Australia 21.Brazil31.Canada39.Chile48.Colombia59.Costa Rica67.India85.Ireland93.Italy101.Kenya111.Mexico117.Morocco 127.New Zealand133.Norway13

2、9.Romania149.South Africa159.Spain167.Tunisia177.US Pacific195.Vietnam204.Glossary214.Key contacts80%of the worlds offshore wind resource potential is located in areas with water depth greater than 60 metres.Based on todays technology,this is close to the upper limit for the economic deployment of t

3、raditional bottom-fixed foundations.To address this challenge,the adoption of floating offshore wind(FLOW)solutions is gaining momentum as the technology approaches commercial maturity and countries across the world are recognising the potential in deploying FLOW platforms to exploit this offshore w

4、indresource.This report takes inspiration from the Global Wind Energy Councils(GWEC)report,“Floating Offshore Wind A Global Opportunity”that was published in March 2022(the GWEC Report)1,which identifies 30“Round 2”new breakout markets which present“the right conditions in place to evolve rapidly as

5、 successful floating offshore wind markets”post 2030.Not only do countries need the right technical characteristics(i.e.wind in deep offshore locations),but also the right policies and regulations to develop FLOW projects.1.https:/ purpose of this report is to assess the relative progress that has b

6、een achieved across these Round 2 new breakout markets in implementing the right conditions to evolve as successful FLOW markets since the date of publication of the GWEC Report.In preparing our report,we have co-ordinated responses from our offices across a sample range of 20 of these Round 2 marke