The Iran War and the End-of-Life Challenge of European Offshore Wind Farms.
Europe's wind farm equipment is approaching the end of its life cycle: 26 GW of wind farms have been operating for more than 20 years, and this number will reach 57 GW by 2030.
In 2024, 1.3 GW were decommissioned and 1.6 GW restored.
Of course, regeneration is a strategic opportunity; In the sense that it triples production on average and reduces the number of turbines by 25%.
Renewable capacity is expected to reach from 1.4 GW in 2025 to more than 5 GW in 2030.
But there are serious obstacles to this: the deep economic effects caused by the Iran war, grid connection, licensing, lack of recognition of the value of regeneration and the lack of a support mechanism.