UK Offshore Wind: Leading the Way

DECC's UK Renewables Service

UK Offshore Wind: Leading the Way

Bruce Valpy

Director, BVG Associates

&

Head of Business Development,

[email protected]

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Agenda

• Introductions• UK Offshore:

Status update• Ports• Manufacturing• Technology• Collaboration

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BVG Associates

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Trade promotion and supply chain development service to:

“support the growth of a world-scale UK renewable energy industry with increasing global market share, and capabilities sufficient to support the achievement of the UK’s 2020 renewable energy targets”

UK Renewables Service

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UK Renewables Service• Inform, coach, support and

champion UK businesses• Focus on excellence• Respond to requests :

– Wind industry – Market entrants – UK enabling bodies

• Host UK stands at global events• Proactively create opportunities

for UK:– Supply & innovation– Inward investment &

joint ventures

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Inward Investment & Joint Ventures

• Connect you to UK:– Ports– Suppliers– Innovators– JV collaborators– Funders / enablers– Customers

• Work with you to:– Explain how UK works– Smooth your journey– Help you collaborate

with UK

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Status Update

• 3.8GW operating (800MW+ offshore #1 globally)

• 6.9GW consented (3.6GW offshore)

• Best wind resource in Europe• Most to catch up to meet 2020 RE targets• 2009 1st GW+ year• 2020 #2 in EU; offshore #1 globally

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LegendRound 1 Offshore Wind FarmRound 2 Offshore Wind Farm

Potential Round 3 Development Zone

Proposed sites in Scottish territorial waters

Progress (since EWEC09)•Round 1: All consentedRhyl Flat, Robin Rigg & Gunfleet I generated 1st power• Round 2: W. Duddon consented

Gunfleet Sands II generated 1st power• Round 1 and 2 Extensions:

Simplified process started

Construction Work:• Round 1 – Rhyl Flats, Robin Rigg

(270MW)• Round 2 – Greater Gabbard, Thanet

(804MW)

Status Update

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UK Ports

• Much activity:– Sites available– Understanding growing– Dialogue deep– Focus East Coast

• Government commitment strong

• Prospectus updated• Key to success is to

collaborate to find new solutions

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UK Manufacturing

• Big companies getting involved• Reaching out to parallel sectors

– Aerospace, oil and gas, marine engineering

• Government committed to jobs• Strong case for industrialisation

in the UK– Best market, sustained long-term– Strong, flexible skills base

(not experienced in wind turbine technology)– Globally recognised innovators, business

leaders & finance providers

• Want to collaborate more with overseas excellence

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Technology

• DECC– National Wind Turbine Test Centre– Environmental Technology Fund (£20m+)

• The Carbon Trust– Offshore Wind Accelerator (£50m+)

• Energy Technologies Institute– 3-4 wind turbine designs (£10m phase 1)– Condition monitoring (£5m)

• The Crown Estate– Supporting demonstration of new technology

• Want to collaborate more with overseas excellence

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In Summary

• UK is leading in offshore wind• UK wants economic benefit

not just to meet targets• UK wants to collaborate more

to deliver• UK Renewables is here to help

make it happen

[email protected]

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