Scottish Govt Gives Go-Ahead for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
The Berwick Bank wind farm, located off the east coast of Scotland could provide power to six million homes
The 4.1 gigawatt project has been in development for about a decade and this was the final major stage before it can start bidding for government subsidies in the next wind auction starting in August.
The project could be crucial to the UK’s ability to meet a goal to almost completely ‘decarbonize’ the power grid by 2030.
But its construction also risks adding further costs to consumer bills, already among the highest in the world, as it would likely exacerbate costly constraints on the nation’s electric grid and drive further investments to alleviate them.
The move comes just after a visit to Scotland by US President Donald Trump who voiced his dislike of wind farms, especially ones off the coast of his golf courses there.
While Scotland is pivoting from an oil past to lead the world in wind energy, Trump insisted that Aberdeen was the “oil capital of Europe,” and pushed for more expansion in that sector.
Berwick Bank could bring £8.3 billion of value into the UK economy and create 9,300 jobs, the company said in a statement. Scotland would benefit from 4,650 of these jobs.
UK-based utility SSE said in a statement that it plans to bid into an upcoming government auction to subsidize new ‘renewable’ energy projects.
If it wins at that auction, the project would be able to sell power at fixed prices for a period of 20 years.
Any subsidies it receives during that period would be paid by levies on consumers’ bills.
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Gary Brown
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Nov 2, 2023 They’re DYING! The Ugly Reality Behind Offshore Wind Farms!
A Danish offshore wind developer Orsted has scrapped projects to develop wind farms off the coast of New Jersey due to “a higher than expected writedown of its portfolio.” But is offshore wind really the promise that climate ambassadors say it is? Not only is it less reliable than most energy we’ve got, it is also killing wales. A new documentary called “Thrown To The Wind” shows how the government knows that wind farms kill animals and they’re lying about it.
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VOWG
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Wind turbines have become a pox on humanity. Fools are in control and the sane are losing.
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Tom
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This will turn out to be yet another government boondoggle. What a waste of funds. Idiots in charge with a goal of destroying the planet.
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