Annual Review 2006 Annual Review 2006 BWEA Events 2007 15 March 2007: BWEA Marine 07 BWEA’s 4th Annual Wave and Tidal Energy Conference London, UK 7 June 2007: BWEA Offshore 07 BWEA’s 6th Annual UK Offshore Wind Conference Liverpool, UK 9-11 October 2007: BWEA29 The Industry’s 29th Annual Conference and Exhibition Glasgow, UK For further information on attending, sponsoring or speaking at BWEA events visit www.bwea.com 2 Annual Review 2006 Contents BWEA is the UK’s leading renewable energy Foreword from CEO 4-5 association. Established in 1978, BWEA now has 2006 Planning Review 6-7 Approaching the 2nd gigawatt over 330 companies in membership, active in the UK wind, wave and tidal stream industries. BWEA Record Year of Delivery 8-13 is at the forefront of the development of these Statistical overview of 14-15 wind farms sectors, protecting members’ interests and promoting their industries to Government, Onshore 16-19 business and the media. Wales 20-21 Wind energy has now started a major expansion Small Wind 22-25 in the UK and will be the single greatest Offshore 26-29 contributor to the Government’s 10% 2010 Marine 30-33 renewable energy target and 20% 2020 Grid and Technical 34-37 renewable aspiration. Together, wind, wave Health and Safety 38-40 and tidal power can supply 21% of the country’s projected electricity supplies by 2020, resulting in Communications 42-47 over £16 billion of investment in UK plc. Energy Review 48-50 Publications 51-57 Events 58-61 Finance Review 62-63 Front cover credits BWEA Staff 64 Burton Wold wind farm ©Your Energy Ltd Barrow Offshore wind farm ©Centrica Chris Shears, BWEA Chairman, speaking at BWEA28 Conference ©BWEA BWEA Board 65 Pelamis ©Ocean Power Delivery Ltd BWEA Members 2006 66-71 Published by BWEA, E&OE Edited & Designed by Kate Ashenden ISBN: 1 870064 49 6 Copyright: BWEA 2007 Printed by Kent Art Printers Ltd, Caxton House, Hopewell Drive, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7NP 3 Annual Review 2006 Foreword Thank you for your support in 2006, a year which was in many respects a challenging one both for the wind, from CEO wave & tidal energy industries and for the Association. Nonetheless, we did make VLJQL¿FDQWSURJUHVVLQDQXPEHURI areas, notably in our responses to government consultations and in our events programme. Maria McCaffery ©BWEA BWEA’s 3rd annual Wave & Tidal We believe the next two years, but conference was the biggest dedicated especially 2007, will be critical to the marine technology event in the world achievement of the government’s and BWEA28 also broke all records in renewable energy targets in 2010 attracting over 2,000 participants. and, more importantly, the part played by the core technologies we For the third year in succession, our represent. work to secure the tremendously high levels of public support for wind energy generated another doubling in the number of visitors over Wind Weekend to more than 12,500. BWEA has very ambitious plans for 2007. Maria McCaffery ©BWEA 4 Annual Review 2006 Other key areas of achievement in 2006 include: • Extensive submission to the UK Government’s Energy Review • Establishment of BWEA Wales • Development of dedicated support for small wind • Comprehensive restructure of offshore support mechanisms • Projected the UK to leadership position on Health & Safety • Secured media support and took an active involvement at the three major Party Conferences through the Climate Clinic • Launched ‘Path to Power’ & ‘Why Marine?’ – both with Ministerial support • Produced and distributed ‘Wind Power in the UK’ DVD – (copies available on request) We have agreed a set of strategic objectives for 2007 At the top of the list and closely aligned to all our planned activities this year is the further development of our communications function. It seems that government DQGWKHSXEOLFDUH¿QDOO\ZDNLQJXSWRWKHWKUHDWRIFOLPDWHFKDQJHDQGWKH vulnerability of the supply of conventional fuels. Our objective is to step up our proactive communications and marketing initiatives considerably and cement BWEA’s position as the leading and most credible voice on wind, wave and tidal energy in the UK. We plan to use media and public affairs events to ensure that key messages are heard and understood by opinion formers and the wider public. The Directors have further agreed a 3.5% increase in membership fees for 2007. :HSOD\RXUSDUWODUJHO\WKURXJKWKHLQÀXHQFHH[HUWHGE\RXUPHPEHUVHQDEOLQJ us to lobby Government effectively at all levels and to provide an unrivalled information service both to the public and to business. Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, BWEA 5 Annual Review 2006 2006 Planning Review By the end of 2006 the UK was fast approaching the delivery of its second operational GW with the largest annual build capacity to date of 630 MW, ending the year with total operating capacity of 1,979 MW. This achievement coincides with a continuing planning conundrum ... as nearly 6% of the UK’s electricity’s supply is still held up in the planning system from onshore wind projects alone. Hadyard Hill wind farm ©Scottish and Southern Energy The backlog of capacity awaiting determination continues to grow ... at a time when the 2010 renewable energy target gets ever nearer. In particular there was 4,500 MW of capacity awaiting Section 36 determination by the end of the year – the bulk of this resting with the Scottish Executive. And at a local level 2,700 MW of capacity was in planning with local authorities. 6 Annual Review 2006 Approaching the 2nd Gigawatt Projects approved in 2006 battled against the odds of approval rates and delays ... with local authority approval rates in Scotland and Wales averaging around 50% by MW for the year; a slightly better situation in England with 61% of MW’s approved; and Northern Ireland maintaining a 100% approval rate. Decision delays increased across the board ... with local authority applications in Scotland taking on average 18 months to be determined, 24 months in Wales, 21 months in Northern Ireland and 13 months in England. For Section 36 applications delays were even greater, with decisions taking 29 and 24 months in (QJODQGDQG6FRWODQGUHVSHFWLYHO\±KRZHYHUWKLV¿JXUHFRQFHDOVWKHH[WHQWRI delays with undetermined projects still awaiting a decision after a long wait - up to ¿YH\HDUVLQVRPHFDVHV Callagheen wind farm ©Elser Crawford/RES Also in 2006 the trend for declining Section 36 planning applications became more obvious ... with only four projects totalling 424 MW submitted for Section 36 approval, compared to a peak of almost 1,800 MW submitted in 2004. With fewer Section 36 projects going into planning, the importance of securing consents for existing projects is a key issue for the year to follow. 7 Annual Review 2006 Record Year of Delivery UKWED 2006 summary of onshore projects decided Local planning applications Projects MW Time to Approval decision by MW England 14 154 13 61% NI 3 74.7 21 100% Scotland 18 344.25 18 48% Wales 3 41.1 24 51% Section 36 Projects MW Time to Approval decision by MW England 1 81 29 0% Scotland 3 357.2 24 100% Appeals Projects MW Time to Approval decision by MW England 9 103 27 6% Scotland 6 203.5 30 57% Wales 1 12.5 24 0% %R\QGLH$LU¿HOGZLQGIDUP)DOFN5HQHZDEOHV 8 Annual Review 2006 January February 7KH¿UVWSURMHFWVRIWKH\HDUWREH February was quiet with just two plan- commissioned were ScottishPower’s ning decisions; approval of Airtricity’s 17 MW Callagheen wind farm in Co. Bin Mountain, and refusal of 10.5 MW Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and in at Denshaw, Saddleworth, a project Wales Tegni commissioned a second which has since gone to appeal. extension at Haffoty Ucha. March Two projects were approved in March saw the commissioning of 120 Lincolshire – Conishome Fen for MW for Scottish & Southern Energy Ecotricity and Your Energy’s Laughton at Hadyard Hill, South Ayshire, now project, while in Scotland, extensions the largest operational wind farm were approved for Dun Law, Paul’s Hill anywhere in the UK to date, on or and Hagshaw Hill. offshore. In Devon, a pattern of refusals began Additional projects coming online with the rejection of Den Brook by were 16 MW at Glass Moor in Cam- West Devon Borough Council – over bridgeshire by Wind Prospect and a the course of the year this was re- 0.75 MW community project for the peated with an approval rate of 0%. Findhorn Foundation in Moray, while RDC’s highly publicised 81 MW Whinash project in Cumbria was re- fused under Section 36. $OVRLQ0DUFKZDVWKH\HDU¶V¿UVW offshore project to be submitted for consent; DONG’s 450 MW Walney, off the coast of Cumbria. %R\QGLH$LU¿HOGZLQGIDUP)DOFN5HQHZDEOHV 9 Record Year of Delivery April May This was a busy month for new Three projects in Scotland total- projects coming online, with 20 MW at ling 116 MW came online in May: an Burton Wold for Your Energy, a much impressive 92 MW at Farr by npower needed 14.45 MW in Wales at Mynydd renewables, RDC’s 20 MW Boyndie Clogau by RES, and two projects in $LU¿HOGLQ$EHUGHHQVKLUHSOXV0: 6FRWODQG±WKH¿UVW0:VWDJHRI at Michelin’s Tyre Factory in Dun- Fred Olsen’s Paul’s Hill and 18 MW at dee – one of a handful of pioneering Wardlaw Wood, a community project projects that is setting a trend for in Ayrshire. large scale onsite wind turbines for UK industries and businesses. All planning decisions resulted in approvals, most notably the 322 MW RES won consent for two extensions Whitelee wind farm, south of Glas- at Altahullion in Londonderry and gow for ScottishPower – the largest Forss in the Highlands, and Ecotricity’s onshore wind farm approved to date Shooters Bottom project in Somerset in Europe.