Wind Is Too Good A Deal For UK To Refuse

Drop in wind energy costs adds pressure for government rethink; Tories urged to look at onshore windfarms which can be built as cheaply as gas plants and deliver the same power for half the cost of Hinkley Point, says Arup

Adam Vaughan, 23 July 2017 (UK Guardian)

“Onshore windfarms could be built in the UK for the same cost as new gas power stations and would be nearly half as expensive as the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant…[Engineering consultant Arup found that the technology has become so cheap that developers could deliver turbines for a guaranteed price of power so low that it would be effectively subsidy-free in terms of the impact on household energy bills…France’s EDF was awarded a contract for difference – a top-up payment – of £92.50 per megawatt hour over 35 years for Hinkley’s power, or around twice the wholesale price of electricity…By contrast, Arup’s report found that windfarms could be delivered for a maximum of £50-55 per MWh across 15 years…ScottishPower, which commissioned the analysis, hopes [use it] to persuade the government to reconsider its stance on onshore windfarms…” click here for more

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