Where next?

Gordon Shearer

BWEA Board Member for Offshore Wind

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Where are we now?4 MW existing

18 developments

Each 60-108MW

70% success rate

Construction 2003-6

1000 MW by 2006

Moving forward?

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Industry Wish List

To be awarded additional sites

To spread development risks

To select partners with complementary skills

To optimise site locations

To co-operate as an industry in reducing unit costs

The Issues

New sites must not adversely affect existing proposals

There is a need for an overview of developments

The award of sites must be fair and equitable

The awarded sites should be economically efficient

The Renewables’ Obligation creates an imperative for action

The Possibilities (Wind)

The Possibilities (Grid)

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A Vision?

Round 1=1000MW

A 3000MW wind farmOff Lincolnshire/ Norfolk

• Site only 30km by 10km

• 20 participating companies?

• Radar impact – MOD/NATs

• Substantial grid reinforcement

• HVDC line to Walpole

• Less than 20m waterdepth

• 20 km offshore

• No portfolio spread

The Probable?

Round 1

>500MW

• 3 or 4 company JV Within 30 kms to shore• Less than 25m waterdepth• HVDC or AC line to grid transmission system

Characteristics

<200MW

• Single company, small JV• Within 15kms to shore• Less than 20m waterdepth• 33/132kV to distribution network

A Timescale2007 200920082006500-1000MW construction

2005 Contract negotiations & procurement

2004 Contract tendering

2002

Now OctSite security

Contractpreparations

2003

12 month wind data

Seismic acquisitionSite investigationConceptual designPublic consultationPreparation of EIA

2004 ES submission and determination

The Target

4000 MW by 2010

4 million people, 1.4 million households

An early startA manageable process