United Kingdom
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.
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This came from the following sources:
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| 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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