Britain ambitious expansion of offshore wind power generation

United Kingdom Ministry of Energy and Climate Change (Department for Energy and Climate Change), said a study in the next decade, the sea will be the new 5000-7000 wind turbines to produce 25 billion kilowatts of electricity, equivalent to 25 large-scale burning coal power plants. These new capacity coupled with the planned construction of 80 billion watts of electricity, the British offshore wind power generation up to a total of 33 billion watts.


The British Government has announced that by 2020, the British at sea (offshore) wind power generation sufficient to meet the needs of all families. Of geology, birds and marine life for up to one year of research, the conclusion even more than the festival Carbon Fund (Carbon Trust) the company's prediction. Festival Carbon Fund established by the British Government, is designed to help businesses reduce carbon emissions, the company last year said that the British offshore wind power generation to meet the total 29 billion watts.



But energy companies E. ON companies have believed that Britain's largest sea (offshore) wind power project "London Front Line" (London Array) the economic outlook for the current "can not be optimistic about."



E. ON spokesman艾米丽海默尔(Emily Highmore), said the company "is committed" in the "London line array" and the Humber is located in another 300 million瓦海on wind power projects, but the company should not "guarantee" They will continue to advance. E. ON Company third offshore wind power projects located in England and Scotland between索尔威Bay (Solway Firth), currently under construction.



海默尔said: "The sea wind power generation has been, and in the future will be very expensive. We should not have been convinced that it will continue. However, we believe that this is an excellent project to help the British Government to meet its renewable energy goals very important. "



海默尔also said that, E. ON companies hope that the British Government's offshore wind power generation to financial support doubled. She said: "We think, 330 billion watts is an ambitious goal, only if we solve the wind generator capital, such as grid access and planning issues, it could become a reality."



Carbon Fund section of the report also urges the British Government, for the developers to provide more low-cost sea wind power generation sites, to promote R & D investment in order to enhance efficiency and improve the National Grid.



Carbon Fund strategy section manager Tom Jennings (Tom Jennings) said that many of the recommendations have been implemented, but required a more detailed, for example, in the planning regulations. Jennings said: "The short-term cost-effectiveness appears to be very weak, but as long as the cost of reducing the long term, they should be attractive."



Carbon Fund section of the report also says that, if successful, sea and land-based wind power can make the UK the overall carbon dioxide emissions 14 percent and create 70,000 jobs, and can supply both domestic and export markets the United Kingdom