The Issue of Local Content in Offshore Renewables: Aspirational, Legally-Binding or Missing the Mark? A Comparative Analysis of the UK and Poland

Abstract

The focus of this article is the evolution of local content law and policy in the context of European renewable energy understood through a critical review of the offshore wind policies of the United Kingdom (UK) and Poland. It includes an analysis of the significance of a nascent local content claim made, in 2021, by the European Commission against a former European Union (EU) Member State, the UK, and its swift resolution out-of-court in 2022.