Is the UK Leading Europe?

1. Is the UK Leading Europe? UK Offshore Wind 2003 26 March 2003 London Christian Kjær Policy Director European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

2. Is the UK leading Europe? ?

3. Alternative title: While we are waiting!

4. 87 MW 3,247 MW Evidence Installed during 2002

5. 87 MW 106 MW - Evidence II DECOMMISSIONED! 500 MW installed during 2002 2,880 MW total installed capacity

6. WordsDon’t Makea Wind Farm

7. Will the UK lead Europe? Words don’t make a wind farm… … but they are a powerful first step … and British rhetoric is leading Europe … and words do have substantial effects

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Design Matters

12. NFFO – Bad Design • Lack of Planning Procedure • No Penalties for Non-compliance • No Deadlines

13. 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

14. Rule Britannia? “Be great in act, as you have been in thought” William Shakespeare

15. European Challenges • Economic growth • Employment • Technology development • Exports • Environment • Sustainable development • Kyoto: -8% CO2 • Power demand up 1.6% p.a. • 2002: EU Energyimport: 50% • 2025: EU Energyimport: 70% • Few indigenous resources

16. EU Energy Imports 2001: 50 % 2025: 70 %

17. 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.”

18. To Trade the Untradable     ♫ ☺ §  

19. Harmonize First –Trade Later ♫

20. Emissions Trading Price of CO2 allowance ≠ Enironmental Cost of Electricity Production

21. External costs of fossil fuel, nuclear and wind power generation Fuel External cost / kWh Nuclear 0.2 - 0.6 cents / kWh Price of emitting CO2 (€5/ton) Gas 1 - 4 cents /kWh Coal 2 – 15 cents / kWh 0.21 Eurocent/kWh Wind power 0.05- 0.25 cents / kWh 0.41 Eurocent/kWh Source: EU Commission, July 2001, ExternE Pollution at a discount

22. “He not busy being born is busy dying” Bob Dylan

23. Turning Wind into ROCs