This is why the Government is announcing up to £ 30 million, subject to value-for-money assessment, to support innovation in the production of components over the next four years. This builds on the recent announcement from the Energy Technology Institute to provide £ 25 million for a new drive train test facility at the National Renewable Energy Centre.
The Government has also asked a new industry-led task force to reduce the costs of offshore wind to £100/MWh by 2020. That level of cost reduction will unlock the full potential of the UK’s offshore resources, making it possible to deliver up to 18GW by 2020 and open up the 30-40GW of low carbon generation that will be necessary in the 2020s to keep the UK on track to deliver the 4th Carbon Budget.
Alongside these actions, the Government is also announcing the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding between Government departments, aviation organizations and industry to mitigate the potential impacts of wind power on radar infrastructure that it is estimated could impact up to 5GW of onshore and 7GW of offshore wind capacity.
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Source: Department of Energy & Climate Change, U.K.
