WIND TO REPLACE NUCLEAR IN UK

Wind Power Will Overtake Nuclear in U.K., BWEA Says
Mike Anderson, June 24, 2009 (Bloomberg News)

"The British Wind Energy Association [BWEA] predicted the industry will produce more U.K. power than nuclear reactors in the next decade and said competition and investment are needed to bring down costs…[BWEA] with 499 members in the wind- and tidal-energy industries, released two reports…calling on the U.K. to set policies to connect producers of renewable energy to the country’s power grid.

"Britain will have installed offshore wind capacity of as much as 9 gigawatts by 2015, the report said. Wind generation has the potential to provide electricity to every U.K. home by 2020, it said."

The UK will choose the latter. (click to enlarge)

"The wind industry is suffering from increasing capital costs and needs three to four manufacturers competing to bring down construction costs, the association said. Costs of building wind capacity are forecast to rise for the next few years and then decline from current levels until 2015, the group said…

"Companies developing wind capacity in the U.K. include Iberdrola SA’s Scottish Power Ltd. and Vattenfall AB, Sweden’s largest utility."