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The Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) has the ambition to create a global driving force for the uptake of offshore wind through political mobilisation and the creation of a global community of practice. Offshore wind is a vital tool in the race to net zero. The aim of GOWA is to support the goal of achieving a global offshore wind capacity of a minimum of 380 GW by 2030, with 35 GW on average each year across the 2020s and a minimum of 70 GW each year from 2030. GOWA was founded by Denmark, IRENA, and GWEC with the aim of helping governments across the world deliver the action to back up their offshore wind ambition. The collaboration of these three organisations has been critical in gaining the support of governments and visibility for industry. GOWA is recognised as the diplomatic vehicle for offshore wind and collectively advocates the benefits of offshore wind and convenes at key high-level forums including UNGA and COP. Since its launch at COP 27 in 2022 GOWA has grown to 30 members. 18 national governments, 2 sub-national governments and 8 across industry, NGO’s and multinational organisations. Bringing together key decision makers and stakeholders to unlock barriers to offshore deployment in market and cross-border. Our governmental members include Australia, Belgium, Colombia, California, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Spain, the EU Commission, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the State of Victoria (Aus). Our multi-stakeholder approach brings together expertise from the offshore wind industry, members include Corio Generation, SSE, CIP, Orsted, Vestas and Ramboll. Multi-national and CSO's members include the WBG and Ocean Conservancy. We look forward to welcoming others into the GOWA community as we continue to grow. If you are interested in learning more about GOWA please contact: gowa@irena.org
Industry
International Affairs
Company size
1 employee
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2022
Specialties
Offshore wind, International Relations, and Net Zero
Employees at Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA)
Updates
- 🌍 Subnational Leadership is Paving the Way for a Clean Energy Future! 🌱 Today, Interim Head of Secretariat at the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), Amisha Patel participated in a dialogue on subnational leadership in the transition away from fossil fuels, co-convened by the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, hosted by the Government of Quebec. This timely discussion held alongside #NYClimateWeek, emphasized the critical role regional governments play in driving the clean energy transition. As the Global Offshore Wind Alliance, we’re witnessing first-hand how subnational leadership, like New York State's recent decision to join GOWA, accelerates offshore wind development. Local governments bring innovation, expertise, and ambition, complementing national frameworks to help us reach our target of 380 GW of offshore wind by 2030. The dialogue underscored how impactful alliances like GOWA, BOGA, and The Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) are in uniting efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. These collaborations play a crucial role in scaling solutions globally and ensuring a sustainable energy future. Together, we’re moving closer to achieving our shared climate goals through strong partnerships and the leadership of regional governments! 🌱#OffshoreWind #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition #JustTransition #UNGA #NYClimateWeek
- 🌊 New York State Joins GOWA! ⚡ At New York Climate Week, the State of New York announced its membership in the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), further strengthening global efforts to scale offshore wind power and accelerate the clean energy transition. "This collaboration, from sharing lessons and best practices to scaling up offshore wind projects, will help harness its full potential to secure a clean energy future," said Doreen Harris, President and CEO of NYSERDA. New York brings invaluable expertise to GOWA, having already set ambitious targets for deploying 9 GW of offshore wind by 2035 as part of its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. By joining forces with 20 other governments and key stakeholders, New York’s addition enhances collaboration between regional and national governments, creating a more unified and coordinated approach to offshore wind development. At today’s GOWA Roundtable, global leaders, financial experts, and industry pioneers gathered to discuss risk mitigation strategies to unlock offshore wind investment, especially in emerging markets. With New York now on board, the Alliance is better positioned than ever to share lessons, foster collaboration, and drive offshore wind expansion globally. Together, we’re building a future powered by clean, sustainable energy! 🌱 Read more about New York State joining GOWA here:https://lnkd.in/ddvpjzRA #OffshoreWind #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition #GOWA #RenewableEnergy #UNGA #NYClimateWeek
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🌍 Powering the Future with Offshore Wind! 💨 Today, Amisha Patel, Interim Head of Secretariat at the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), participated in an insightful panel discussion at the #SustainabilitySummitNYCAlongside experts from COWI and Equinor, drawing on international experience she highlighted the importance of flexibility in auction frameworks to adapt to changing market conditions, like those used in New York’s Empire Wind 1 project, which allow developers to respond to rising costs and inflation. She also highlighted the need for long-term pricing strategies to reduce financial risks and attract more investment in offshore wind. Amisha emphasized that GOWA’s mission is to lead the way toward 380 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, helping to meet the ambitious global target of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030. Offshore wind is a cornerstone of the clean energy transition, offering socio-economic benefits such as green job creation and contributing to a just transition. Collaboration between governments, the private sector, and financial institutions is essential to overcoming barriers and driving offshore wind expansion worldwide. Today’s conversation reinforced GOWA’s commitment to fostering such partnerships and ensuring offshore wind plays its full part in the global energy transition.#OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction #JustTransition #DenmarkinNY #UNGA79 - 🌍 Powering the Future with Offshore Wind! 💨 Today, Amisha Patel, Interim Head of Secretariat at the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), participated in an insightful panel discussion at the #SustainabilitySummitNYCAlongside experts from COWI and Equinor, drawing on international experience she highlighted the importance of flexibility in auction frameworks to adapt to changing market conditions, like those used in New York’s Empire Wind 1 project, which allow developers to respond to rising costs and inflation. She also highlighted the need for long-term pricing strategies to reduce financial risks and attract more investment in offshore wind. Amisha emphasized that GOWA’s mission is to lead the way toward 380 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, helping to meet the ambitious global target of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030. Offshore wind is a cornerstone of the clean energy transition, offering socio-economic benefits such as green job creation and contributing to a just transition. Collaboration between governments, the private sector, and financial institutions is essential to overcoming barriers and driving offshore wind expansion worldwide. Today’s conversation reinforced GOWA’s commitment to fostering such partnerships and ensuring offshore wind plays its full part in the global energy transition.#OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction #JustTransition #DenmarkinNY #UNGA79
- The Global Offshore Wind Alliance extends its congratulations to Dan Jørgensen on his nomination as the new EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Teresa Ribera Rodríguez on her nomination as Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, and Wopke Hoekstra on his nomination as Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth. As they step toward these critical roles, they will navigate the complex transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy—a key component of Europe's green transformation and its broader security and competitiveness. We look forward to collaborating with the new commissioners and stand ready to support and contribute to this vital work.#EU #renewableenergy #offshore
- 🌍 In the last year, the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) has brought it’s membership together at diplomatic global events and held closed-door roundtables. 🤝 Convening members and key stakeholders to discuss crucial policy areas and develop key actions for those working to deliver offshore wind as a key climate solution is a key part of our work. Our work is currently focused on topics such as: 💰 Financing 📄 Permitting ⚙️ Supply Chain Development ➡️ Regional meetings have been held in key areas like APAC, and LATAM, exploring the value of regional collaboration in advancing supply chain needs. Our upcoming events are taking place during the United Nations General Assembly, New York Climate Week, #COP29, GWEC’s APAC Wind Energy Summit and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s General Assembly. 💥 Join us on LinkedIn for our latest news as we continue to build GOWA. We look forward to driving forward this transformative agenda for a Net Zero future.#GOWA: Working to deliver offshore wind as a cornerstone of global climate action. #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #ClimateAction #Sustainability #ParisAgreement #GlobalGoals
- 🤝 Meet Amisha Patel, Head of Secretariat (Interim), Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA). 🔍 Amisha’s role is focused on advocating and facilitating the accelerated expansion of offshore wind globally. She brings a career in policy and public affairs spanning over 20 years, involving collaboration with and advising governments and key stakeholders across Asia, Europe, and the Americas to establish the essential market, policy, and regulatory frameworks for offshore wind. 📚 Amisha’s expertise extends to multilateral engagement, energy and climate policy, strategic partnership development, communications, government relations, market entry and development, holding various non-executive/ board level and advisory roles and advocating for DEI within the energy sector. "I am delighted to take on the role of Interim Head of Secretariat of the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA). It is an honour to continue my work with GOWA as its first Head of Secretariat. I am proud of what the Alliance has achieved so far, growing its membership to over 30 and delivering interventions at key diplomatic moments to ensure offshore wind accelerates globally. Our focus now is on operationalizing GOWA to deliver on its goals and strategy. Offshore wind is critical to meeting global climate ambitions, and the collaborative efforts of our multi-stakeholder community will be essential in sharing best practices and overcoming barriers to accelerate progress in every corner of the globe." 🌍 Join us on LinkedIn for our latest news as we continue to build GOWA and it’s secretariat. We look forward to driving forward this transformative agenda for a Net Zero future.#GOWA: Working to deliver offshore wind as a cornerstone of global climate action.#RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #ClimateAction #Sustainability #ParisAgreement #GlobalGoals
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