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Is the UK Leading Europe?. UK Offshore Wind 2003 26 March 2003 London Christian Kj æ r Policy Director European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Is the UK leading Europe?. ?. Alternative title: While we are waiting!. 87 MW. 3,247 MW. Evidence. Installed during 2002. 87 MW. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Is the UK LeadingEurope?
UK Offshore Wind 200326 March 2003 London
Christian KjærPolicy DirectorEuropean Wind Energy Association(EWEA)
Is the UK leading Europe?
?
Alternative title:While we are waiting!
Evidence
Installed during 2002
3,247 MW
87 MW
Evidence II
87 MW 106 MW - DECOMMISSIONED!
500 MW installed during 20022,880 MW total installed capacity
WordsDon’t Makea Wind Farm
Will the UK lead Europe?
… but they are a powerful first step
Words don’t make a wind farm…
… and British rhetoric is leading Europe
… and words do have substantial effects
Words of Power I
“As we move to a new, low carbon economy, there are major
opportunities for our businesses to become world leaders in the
technologies we will need for the future – such as fuel cells, offshore wind and
tidal power.”
Tony Blair
Words of Power II
“As the most commercially viable renewable power source, it is vital that we harness the energy of the wind both on and offshore now.”
Brian Wilson
Words of Power III
“The benefits of offshore wind are not just environmental; it also presents British industry with a number of opportunities for job creation and investment in manufacturing and construction, especially given the
many years of experience gained from the oil and gas activity in the North
Sea.”
Brian Wilson
Design Matters
NFFO – Bad Design
• Lack of Planning Procedure• No Penalties for Non-compliance• No Deadlines
ROCs
• Added 21 MW in UK in 2003• Reduce political risks• Don’t touch the targets• Deadlines and penalties• Secure adequate sites through planning• Develop infrastructure• Grid codes that reflect the technology
“Be great in act, as you have been in thought”
William Shakespeare
Rule Britannia?
European Challenges
• Economic growth• Employment• Technology development• Exports• Environment• Sustainable development• Kyoto: -8% CO2• Power demand up 1.6% p.a.• 2002: EU Energy import: 50%• 2025: EU Energy import: 70%• Few indigenous resources
EU Energy Imports
2001: 50 %2025: 70 %
EU-Commission’s Green Paper on the Future European Energy Supply:
“Effectively, the only way of influencing [European energy]
supply is to make serious efforts with renewable sources.”
To Trade the Untradable
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Harmonize First –Trade Later
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Price of CO2 allowance
≠Enironmental Cost ofElectricity Production
Emissions Trading
Pollution at a discount
External costs of fossil fuel, nuclear and wind power generationFuel External cost / kWh
Nuclear 0.2 - 0.6 cents / kWh
Gas 1 - 4 cents / kWh
Coal 2 – 15 cents / kWh
Wind power 0.05- 0.25 cents / kWh
Source: EU Commission, July 2001, ExternE
Price of emitting CO2(€ 5/ton)
0.21 Eurocent/kWh
0.41 Eurocent/kWh
“He not busy being born is busy dying”
Bob Dylan
Turning Wind into ROCs