John Constable and Hideaki Aoyama on wind power load factor in the United Kingdom

摘要

The United Kingdom has ambitious plans to construct large fleets of wind generators both on- and offshore. This programme is driven by the Renewables Obligation (RO), a support mechanism that adds around £1 billion a year to consumer bills at present and is forecast, in its current incarnation, to have cost the consumer around £32 billion in total by 2027. Revisions intended as part of the Renewable Energy Strategy to meet the EU's 2020 target of 15 percent of Final Energy Consumption must be expected to require an even greater levy on electricity users.