Dolphin and seal damage warning over wind farm expansion. Orders for wind turbines to fall 93%, energy experts predict | Business. Orders for offshore wind turbines in Britain will slump next year, threatening to halt the industry's recent growth and the expected creation of up to 10,000 "green economy" jobs. Analysts are forecasting a 93% drop in the installation of new offshore windfarms in 2013 compared with the previous year. As orders for cables, foundations and other equipment are typically made two to three years ahead of the project being completed, the slowdown will start to bite among UK suppliers next year. Windfarm developers are worried that the hiatus in the industry will last several years, which could result in large-scale job losses if other related work cannot be found. One said this gap would cause "huge problems" for the supply chain and it would be hard for manufacturers to invest in new facilities in Britain without a steady stream of work.
Britain recently overtook Denmark to become the world's largest offshore windfarm player, implying the tripling of capacity in the next two years. Scotland 'risking a blackout' in a bid to go green. THE "lights could go out" over Scotland unless new power stations are built in the next two years to ward off a looming electricity crisis, the head of one of Scotland's most successful companies has warned Alex Salmond. • Salmond has been warned by the chief executive of Agreeko that there is no realistic back-up plan Rupert Soames, chief executive of power supply firm Aggreko, told the First Minister that the National Grid will lose a third of its capacity by 2018 as a string of nuclear, gas and oil-fired power stations across the UK are retired - including several in Scotland. Mr Soames claimed that no other industrialised country in the world is at risk of losing so much of its energy supply at the same time - and without a realistic back-up plan.
He urged both the Scottish and UK governments to postpone green energy targets by a decade. His warning came as British Gas announced it will increase bills by an average of 7 per cent from 10 December. The Renewables Obligation. Global Offshore Wind 2014 Taking place over two days, 11-12 June, RenewableUK welcomes the global industry to Glasgow, all in one place at one time. Find out more The Voice of Wind & Marine Energy RenewableUK is the UK's leading renewable energy trade association. We exist to support the development of UK wind & marine energy. Find out more Onshore Wind Energy The UK is the windiest country in Europe. Find out more Small & Medium Scale Wind Energy Generating energy with a wind turbine is the perfect way to reduce your energy bills, make some money and help the environment. Find out more Offshore Wind Energy The UK is the world leader in offshore wind with as much capacity already installed as the rest of the world put together.
Find out more Wave & Tidal Energy The pull of the tides, and the movement of waves, produces a vast amount of power that can be harnessed by modern technology. Find out more. Energy Agency - Providing Free and Impartial Energy Advice throughout Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway. 0058088.pdf (application/pdf Object) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Draft Plan for Offshore Wind Energy in Scottish Territorial Waters: Non-Technical Summary. Non-Technical Summary 1.1 Introduction This document is the Non-Technical Summary of an Environmental Report for a Strategic Environmental Assessment ( SEA) carried out on the Scottish Government's draft Plan to develop wind energy in Scottish Territorial Waters ( STW). The Draft Plan (referred to as the Plan in this report) considers the potential for offshore wind energy development within 12 nautical miles of the coast (see Figure 1) and proposes options for the short, medium and long term.
Climate change and our response to managing its consequences is a major challenge facing the environment and society today, from the local to the global level. 1.2 The Plan The Plan covers the sea around the Scottish coast out to the 12 nautical mile limit as shown on Figure 1. The overall objectives of the Plan are to: The Plan sets out the following short term, medium term and long term options for offshore wind energy development: 1.3 The Strategic Environmental Assessment ( SEA) process. SWAP | Welcome to SWAP. India plans Asian tidal power first. 18 January 2011Last updated at 15:05 By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News The Atlantis AK1000 turbine will be deployed in the Gulf of Kutch The Indian state of Gujarat is planning to host Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power station.
The company Atlantis Resources is to install a 50MW tidal farm in the Gulf of Kutch on India's west coast, with construction starting early in 2012. The facility could be expanded to deliver more than 200MW. The biggest operating tidal station in the world, La Rance in France, generates 240MW, while South Korea is planning several large facilities. To claim the title of "Asia's first", the Indian project will have to outrun developments at Sihwa Lake, a South Korean tidal barrage under construction on the country's west coast. Atlantis's recent feasibility study in Gujarat concluded that the state had good potential for tidal exploitation. Tide turning? But there is a feeling in the industry that a phase of fast expansion is beginning. Forestry Commission Scotland - National Forest Land Scheme (NFLS) Missing FiT Data makes Value Checking Impossible. As a result of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF), Ofgem yesterday, 5th January 2011, began to publish large quantities of information relating to the installation of Feed-In Tariff (FiT) generators.(1) REF applauds Ofgem's prompt response to their FOI request (full details Appendix 1) and their plan to update this invaluable database on a quarterly basis.
Yesterday’s data publication allows the general public for the first time to see data on every single FiT registered generator, including general location (postcode area, region, country), technology type, capacity, and many other technical points of importance to analysts. However, it has transpired that due to government’s design of the FiT legislation Ofgem is unable to determine how much electrical energy is actually being produced by any of these generators. In fact, government, the regulator and the general public have no means of assessing the effectiveness of the FiT expenditure. Stirling DK Carbon Neutral CHP Generation - Home. Crown Estate Awards Scottish Offshore Wind Sites | Renewable Energy World. UKWED Offshore wind farms. Global Offshore Wind 2014 Taking place over two days, 11-12 June, RenewableUK welcomes the global industry to Glasgow, all in one place at one time. Find out more The Voice of Wind & Marine Energy RenewableUK is the UK's leading renewable energy trade association.
Find out more Onshore Wind Energy The UK is the windiest country in Europe. Find out more Small & Medium Scale Wind Energy Generating energy with a wind turbine is the perfect way to reduce your energy bills, make some money and help the environment. Find out more Offshore Wind Energy The UK is the world leader in offshore wind with as much capacity already installed as the rest of the world put together. Find out more Wave & Tidal Energy The pull of the tides, and the movement of waves, produces a vast amount of power that can be harnessed by modern technology.
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