The U.K.'s first windfarm - The birth of an industry

P.D. Edwards

Renewable Energy, 1994, vol. 5, issue 1, 637-641

Abstract: The U.K.'s First Windfarm - The Birth of an Industry shows how an idea in 1980 developed into the successful operation of the first commercial windfarm. It was not until 1988 that the prospect for a viable commercial windfarm in the U.K. became realistic. In that year many of the essential factors for such a development came together to change the direction of the U.K. wind energy industry from one of R.D. to the commercial reality of supplying the Grid. These essential factors were:•- the commercial production of reliable medium sized wind turbine generators.•- the privatisation of the U.K. Electricity Industry and the introduction of the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation (N.F.F.O.).•- a public awareness and concern for the environment enhanced by the recognition of the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ and the Chenobyl disaster.

Keywords: Wind Energy; Development; Planning; Contracts; Finance; Construction; Public Reaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90446-4

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