The UK has ownership of 25 of the installations. It boils down to this:
The output of all windfarms under UK license is 2,043 MW.
That 2,043 MW represents 2.6% of the overall generated output (all fuels including the French/UK cable under the Channel, 80,024 MW).
The output of all UK-owned windfarms is 28.4% of the "wind" total output (2,043 MW).
So this adds up to UK ownership of just 0.74% of the overall generated output.
Still with me? The UK-owned wind farms represent 0.74% of the total generated output. And only when the wind blows, most likely.
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Funding doubts for giant wind farm
By Ed Crooks and Fiona Harvey (Financial Times)
Published: January 25 2009 23:31 | Last updated: January 25 2009 23:31
The economics of the world’s biggest offshore wind-farm project are “on a knife-edge”, the chief executive of one of the companies behind it has warned, casting doubt on the UK government’s energy strategy.
E.On UK, the British arm of the German energy group, said the viability of its London Array project, a planned 1,000MW wind farm in the Thames estuary, had been called into question by the falling prices of oil, gas and carbon dioxide emissions permits.
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The output of all windfarms under UK license is 2,043 MW.
Add the 1000 MW that E.On want to build in the Thames Estuary.
That 3,043 MW represents 3.8% of the overall generated output (all fuels including the French/UK cable under the Channel, 81,024 MW).
The output of all UK-owned windfarms goes down to 19.1% of the "wind" total output 3,043 MW).
So this reduces UK ownership to 0.72% of the overall generated output.
Brilliant. UK ownership is reduced, but we are allowed to use the generated energy, when the wind blows.
But where is the 1000MW back-up coming from when the wind doesn't blow?
More nuclear, coal or gas. Shouldn't we be economising on that?
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