The United Kingdom has published its Renewable Energy Roadmap, which sets out the progress that has been made and the changes that have occurred in the sector over the past year. Overall, renewable electricity capacity grew by 38% to 19.5 GW in the second quarter of 2013 with growth being seen across the majority of sectors. Electricity generation from renewable sources for the period July 2012 to June 2013 reached 47.5 TWh, increasing by 24% compared to the same period the year before. Renewables’ share of electricity generation was a record 15.5% in the second quarter of 2013.
There has been significant growth in the offshore wind pipeline with total capacity increasing from 10.6 GW to 15.1 GW at the end of June 2013. This has been driven by developments in Scottish Territorial Waters and in the UK’s Round 3 zone formally entering the planning consent regime. A number of significant offshore wind projects, with an estimated capacity of around 5 GW have entered the planning system since the end of June 2013.
Building on the strong progress to date, the British government retains strong ambitions for renewable deployment to 2020 and beyond. The Government is, through Electricity Market Reform(EMR), putting in place the market framework to enable strong continued investment. The Government’s draft Delivery Plan for Electricity Market Reform (EMR) set out the potential ranges for deployment for renewable technologies to up to 16 GW of offshore wind by 2020, and as much as 39 GW by 2030.
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