MSEP Facts and figures

Summary presentation and graphs from series 3 ‘Marine Energy’ available for

download here: http://www.mseproject.net/marine-energy

Renewables:

UK Offshore Wind

There are currently 1075 offshore wind turbines in UK waters

Renewable UK headlines: *1000MW = 1GW. Note that 1GW powers ~656 000 homes annually.

3.6 GW - Offshore wind capacity

6.41GW - wind farms in the planning process

1.52GW - wind farms under construction

36.06GW - wind farms in development

2.21GW - wind farms with planning permission

Source: ruk13-016-2_-_offshore_project_timelines_may_2013

http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/offshore-wind/

A comparison within Europe

Country Belgium UK Germany Denmark Sweden Spain

Number of wind farms 3 8 8 1 1 1

Number of turbines connected 44 212 48 97 16 1

MW connected to grid 192 733 240 350 48 5

The number of turbines and MW fully connected to the grid in 2013

Source: http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/files/library/publications/statistics/European_offshore_statistics_2013.pdf

Non-Renewables:

UK Offshore Oil & Gas

Each £1 of capital invested on the UK Continental Shelf now yields only one-fifth of the oil and/or gas it did in

2002

Source: DECC statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/about/statistics

Total UK Oil production for Offshore Fields (1975-2013)

Source: DECC statistics https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/pprs/full_production.htm

UK Offshore Energy:

An Overview

UK Energy consumption by sector (DECC, 2013)

Source: The Department of Energy and Climate Change (2013) Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2013, National Statistics, London: TSO.

UK energy mix (2013)

Source: The Department of Energy and Climate Change (2013) Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2013, National Statistics, London: TSO.

UK offshore energy generation

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295346/1_Total_Energy.pdf

Renewables:

Algal biomass

The Crown Estate estimates that up to 1.5% of the seabed area could be used for

macroalgae cultivation.

This could give an annual biogas yield equivalent to around 5% of the natural gas

consumed in the UK in 2009.

Source: Houses of Parliament, The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, POSTNOTE 384 July 2011 Biofuels from Algae: http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/post-pn-384.pdf

Commercial production of biodiesel from algae is unlikely before 2020.

With an oil yield of 25%, typical for many algae species, this international industry would need to be scaled up at least 300 times to produce

5% of the diesel used in the UK in 2009.

Source: Houses of Parliament, The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, POSTNOTE 384 July 2011 Biofuels from Algae: http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/post-pn-384.pdf

The UK has currently more wave and tidal stream devices installed than the rest of the

world combined.

In 2013, the industry directly supported 1,724 FTEs (full time equivalent jobs)

From 2035, it is expected to employ 20,000 people according to Renewable UK.

It has the potential to bring additional economic benefits as an exporter of skills, services, and products.

Source: Renewable UK, Wave and Tidal Energy: http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wave-and-tidal/

The industry has the potential to deliver up to 60GW of electricity,

75% of the UK’s current needs.

The current installed capacity in the UK is almost 9 megawatts (MW), and the industry aims to deliver over 120MW by 2020.

Forecasts by the renewables industry estimate that the sector will be worth £6.1 billion to the UK economy by 2035 and £50 billion by 2050.

Source: Renewable UK, Wave and Tidal Energy: http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wave-and-tidal/

A vast array of technologies has been proposed in this sector.

Over 300 wave and tidal devices have been suggested to date, but very few of these are in

an advanced stage of development.

Source: Scottish Entreprise, Marine Renewable (Wave and Tidal) Opportunity Review, December 2005: http://www.oceanrenewable.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/oregreport.pdf

Wave and tidal developers face a number of challenges on their journey to large-scale

deployment.

• Risks associated with securing finance

• Solving technology challenges

• Gaining connection and access to the UK’s grid network

• Managing consenting processes

Management of these risks in an effective, timely manner will be important to ensure successful deployment, as well as to deliver rapid reductions in the cost of energy.

Source: Renewable UK, Wave and Tidal Energy in the UK (Feb 2013)