Investing in wind power to stimulate the development of offshore wind power
Posted by admin on 六月 26th, 2011According to reports, Chief Minister of Scotland Alex Germany has said it would take 70 million pounds of funding to stimulate the development of offshore wind power industry and create jobs. Salmond said Scotland’s ports and docks will provide a total of about 70 million pounds of financial support to help solve the sea “green economy” by the funding gap faced by the billions, and create about 28,000 jobs.
It is reported that money will be used to help Scotland’s offshore wind farm to port and upgrade equipment to cope with the construction and installation of large offshore wind farms face enormous challenges. “We have a rich natural and cultural resources, the need for strong political will for a green energy revolution to create a sustainable economy, and reduce Europe’s carbon dioxide emissions.” Salmond on 2 November in Glasgow’s UK Renewable Energy annual conference.
Salmond pointed out that the £ 70 million investment will help “attract” more private money into port construction. Among them, Dundee, Edinburgh Leith Harbour and Hong Kong and other places most likely to receive financial support. It is reported that a move in the next 10 years, Scotland to create about 70 billion pounds of production value and nearly 2.8 million jobs. The next 10 years, is expected to coast across the UK will wind generators have about 7,000 wind turbines in use. Scottish wind power project investment capital is expected to account for 40% of the total investment the UK. According to the investment agency Scottish Enterprise estimated that Scotland has 11 green energy projects needed to upgrade, about 222 million pounds of funding.
October 2011, the British Ministry of Energy and Climate Change announced for port and construction of wind farms to invest about 60 million pounds. Salmond said that Scotland most of the investment funds will “immediately open to the enterprise,” while the United Kingdom Ministry of Energy and Climate Change funds will be put in place in April next year.
However, some insiders point out that the recent Salmond published a series of lectures on green energy, these are his publicity wrist, trying to fight the Scottish renewable energy industry aircraft carrier, while allowing the Scottish Government to become the wind turbines manufacturers world’s renewable energy one of the leaders, practical action to be tested.
September 2011, Salmond has also raised a very strict green power target, by 2020 the total consumption of green electricity for 80%, and announced that Scotland can be achieved by 2025 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy.
Some analysts believe that the Salmond is only “second best.” He vertical wind turbines has made the European Investment Bank and other financial institutions with the help of a large Scottish “green investment bank”, with a total investment of at least 3.6 billion pounds. Salmond thought can get the support of the Scottish minister George Osborne, the Ministry of Finance from Scotland’s fossil fuel home wind generator energy returned £ 190 million in taxes, the money used to start the green investment bank to help Scotland to regeneration port and infrastructure projects. But ultimately did not adopt Nasar Mond Treasury’s opinion, but decided to maintain its original plan, the money the Scottish Government as obtained from the British Government as part of the overall subsidy.
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