Best marine energy sites could be cost competitive with nuclear and onshore wind by 2025

摘要

New analysis published by the Carbon Trust shows the UK's best marine energy sites could generate electricity at costs comparable with nuclear and onshore wind. With continued and targeted innovation this could be as soon as 2025, once cost reductions from deploying the first gigawatt of energy devices have kicked-in. In the future marine energy could provide a fifth of the UK's electricity needs. Through its Marine Energy Accelerator programme, the Carbon Trust has established that the costs for the first wave and tidal energy farms will be around 30-40p/Kwh which is high, relative to today's more established low carbon technologies, such as offshore wind.