The UK’s green energy commitments have fallen way behind it’s European counterparts in the past years, despite numerous oral and policy wordings. This time there is no leeway for delay!
The Energy White Paper 2007 set renewable electricity targets of 10% by 2010, and 20% by 2020. Also renewable energy overall to be 20% of total by 2020.
The Climate Change Act 2008 bound the UK to reduce CO2 emissions below 1990 levels, a minimum 34% by 2020, and 80% by 2050.
The Low Carbon Transition Plan 2009 also commits the UK to obtaining 15% of electricity from renewables by 2020, in-line with the EC’s Energy Directive 2009.
However, even now the UK’s progress is stuck in regional planning consultations.
So when we hear that Gordon Brown the British Prime Minister is to announce this 
week, a £100 billion offshore wind development, including some 3500 turbines, we know that it will become bogged down in planning consultations for the foreseeable future.
Lets hope that the Dogger Bank area of the North Sea has no NIMBYs (not-in-my-back-yard), as a number of turbines with 10 gigawatt capacity are planned here.
In addition this week, the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung reported that, nine European countries plan to develop a high voltage power grid under the North Sea. This with the intention to distribute their renewable power generation, which is expected to iron out the weather related fluctuations, a major draw-back of green energy.
The 10-year project includes connecting wind farms off the coasts of Germany and the UK, tidal barrages off the coasts of Belgium and Denmark, hydro-electric schemes in Norway, and wind and solar schemes on the European mainland.
The newspaper reports that there are existing offshore wind farm contracts to provide 100 gigawatts of capacity, equivalent to approximately 10% of Europe’s total energy needs.
So now we have it. The UK has 10-years to get it’s renewable energy systems up and running, or they will have no green energy to share with the rest of northern Europe.;)
Sincerely,
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