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UK Offshore Wind Programmes addressing the barriers Brussels. 14 th March 2011 Dermot Grimson Head of External Relations, Policy & Planning. The Crown Estate. Is a landowner Is not a regulator Is a public body – The Crown Estate Act 1961
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UK Offshore Wind Programmesaddressing the barriersBrussels 14th March 2011 Dermot Grimson Head of External Relations, Policy & Planning
The Crown Estate Is a landowner Is not a regulator Is a public body – The Crown Estate Act 1961 Is not part of Government – but works closely with Government, statutory bodies etc. Annual surplus is passed to the UK Government Marine Estate Urban Estate Rural Estate
Energy in the Marine Estate CO2 Storage Gas Storage Wave and Tidal Offshore Wind
The MaRS programme commenced early in 2008 and now has more than 450 layers of data. • Supporting the identification of potential areas for offshore wind and other marine activities • Identifying data constraints and weightings • Building understanding of marine policy and sustainability • Links the Crown Estate’s marine spatial planning and marine business strategy • Building financial and risk modeling capability
UK Offshore Wind Programmes Rounds 1&2 • 1.3 GW operational • 7.6 GW in development • 1.5 GW extensions Scottish Territorial Waters • 5.3GW in pre-development Round 3 • 32GW in development Total: 47.7GW R3 focus is • Renewable energy targets • Jobs Scale and programme
Extensions and Demonstration Sites The objective is to provide a bridge for the supply chain from Round 2 through to Round 3 and ensure that technology development can be accelerated: • Three operators selected to extend four sites, creating an additional 1.5 GW. • Two projects offered increased capacity within current site areas for a total of 340 MW. • Four sites with a total of 35 test pads awarded to developers
Strategic Challenges to Programme Delivery • Planning & Consents • Health & Safety • New Planning Act, revisit IPC and NPS’s, untested new processes and teams, funding aviation solutions, MCZ uncertainty • Rapid sector growth, further from shore • Supply Chain & Skills Levelised Cost of Energy • Competing markets, capacity, early investor confidence, delivering infrastructure investment and OEMs, leadership on skills • Grid & Technology • Coordinated offshore devt, OFTO regime, charging, technical standardisation, risk and perception Project Economics & Financing • Consented projects reaching investment hurdle rates, access to construction finance, facilitating refinancing when operational
Turbine Installation Vessels Van Ord Swire Blue Ocean MPI: Discovery FOW: Bold Tern (X2) RWE: 2 vessels Beluga Hochtief MPI: Adventure Seajacks: Zaratan A2SEA: Sea Installer
Ports and Harbours £130M Support Humber Bremerhaven: Then Belfast ? Bremerhaven: Now
Offshore wind investors: global attractiveness index Source: Ernst and Young Country Attractiveness index 2008 - 2010
European Context Average percentage contribution to offshore wind capacity based on 2010 EWEA and WWEA projections
Supporting Information http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our_portfolio/marine/offshore_wind_energy/supply-chain.htm
Thank you Photo Courtesy Vattenfall