Wind sector faces supply chain crunch this decade, industry body warns

The global wind sector will face a supply chain crunch this decade, as looming bottlenecks for key components and ships are set to squeeze the sector, an industry body has warned.

The Global Wind Energy Council said “spare capacity” in wind energy manufacturing was “likely to disappear by 2026”.

The squeeze will hit the US and Europe particularly hard as they both target an ambitious rollout of domestic renewable energy projects…