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Vattenfall wholly owns and operates the Kentish Flats Off Shore Wind Farm, comprising of 30 efficient wind turbines capable of producing up to 3 MW of electricity each.

There are approximately 25 million household in the UK, and the annual production at Kentish Flats is 280 GWh, which corresponds to the consumption of 70.000 households*. (* 4000 KWh per household)

Electricity Production

In 2006, the UK produced 394,474 GWh of electricity.

This came from the following sources:
Coal 37.5%
Gas    36%
Nuclear 18%
Oil 1%
Hydro 1%
Imports 2%
Other 4.5%

Electricity companies have a share of the domestic market as follows:

UK Electricity Retail Customer Share 2007

Energy Politics

The UK was among the countries to agree in 2007 to a binding target of 20% of EU’s energy (electricity, heat and transport) to come from renewable sources by 2020, as set out in the spring European Council conclusions. This is an ambitious target: in 2005, approximately 2% of the UK’s energy came from renewable sources, and on the basis of current policies this figure is expected to rise to only 5% by 2020. The UK Government announced in the March 2008 Budget that the UK is currently working towards a long-term goal of reducing CO2 emissions by at least 60 per cent by 2050.

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2008-04-25
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