Wind Power: North Sea
(asked on 8th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase the production of wind energy in the North Sea.
The UK has the largest installed offshore wind capacity in the world, with over 7.9 GW operational. This will rise to around 14GW by 2023.
The Offshore Wind Sector Deal, published on 7th March 2019 in collaboration with the sector, brings a strategic approach to the delivery of offshore wind that could see up to 30GW of offshore wind by 2030, with a significant amount of this potentially deploying in the North Sea.
The UK also plays an important part in the North Seas Energy Cooperation together with the nine countries in the region. The aim of this initiative is to maximise the development of the renewable energy resources in the North Seas as cost-efficiently and sustainably as possible, for example by collaborating on the construction of offshore generation and grid infrastructure.