DECC's UK Renewables Service
UK Offshore Wind: Leading the Way
Bruce Valpy
Director, BVG Associates
&
Head of Business Development,
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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
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