1. Is the UK Leading Europe? UK Offshore Wind 2003 26 March 2003 London Christian Kjær Policy Director European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

2. Is the UK leading Europe? ?

3. Alternative title: While we are waiting!

4. Evidence Installed during 2002 3,247 MW 87 MW

5. Evidence II 87 MW106 MW - DECOMMISSIONED! 500 MW installed during 2002 2,880 MW total installed capacity

6. Words Don’t Make a Wind Farm

7. Will the UK lead Europe? … but they are a powerful first step Words don’t make a wind farm… … and British rhetoric is leading Europe … and words do have substantial effects

8. Words of Power I “As we move to a new, low carbon economy, there are major opportunities for our businesses to become world leaders in the technologies we will need for the future – such as fuel cells, offshore wind and tidal power.” Tony Blair

9. Words of Power II “As the most commercially viable renewable power source, it is vital that we harness the energy of the wind both on and offshore now.” Brian Wilson

10. Words of Power III “The benefits of offshore wind are not just environmental; it also presents British industry with a number of opportunities for job creation and investment in manufacturing and construction, especially given the many years of experience gained from the oil and gas activity in the North Sea.” Brian Wilson

11. Design Matters

12. NFFO – Bad Design Lack of Planning Procedure No Penalties for Non-compliance No Deadlines

13. ROCs Added 21 MW in UK in 2003 Reduce political risks Don’t touch the targets Deadlines and penalties Secure adequate sites through planning Develop infrastructure Grid codes that reflect the technology

14. “Be great in act, as you have been in thought” William Shakespeare Rule Britannia?

15. European Challenges Economic growth Employment Technology development Exports Environment Sustainable development Kyoto: -8% CO2 Power demand up 1.6% p.a. 2002: EU Energy import: 50% 2025: EU Energy import: 70% Few indigenous resources

16. EU Energy Imports 2001: 50 % 2025: 70 %

17. EU-Commission’s Green Paper on the Future European Energy Supply: “Effectively, the only way of influencing [European energy] supply is to make serious efforts with renewable sources.”

18. To Trade the Untradable   ☺ ♫    § 

19. Harmonize First – Trade Later ♫

20. Price of CO 2 allowance ≠ Enironmental Cost of Electricity Production Emissions Trading

21. Pollution at a discount External costs of fossil fuel, nuclear and wind power generation FuelExternal cost / kWh Nuclear0.2 - 0.6 cents / kWh Gas1 - 4 cents / kWh Coal2 – 15 cents / kWh Wind power0.05- 0.25 cents / kWh Source: EU Commission, July 2001, ExternE Price of emitting CO2 ( € 5/ton) 0.21 Eurocent/kWh 0.41 Eurocent/kWh

22. “He not busy being born is busy dying” Bob Dylan

23. Turning Wind into ROCs