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Not really, most offshore is off the coast of England now, not Scotland.
by martinald 3y ago
Not really, most offshore is off the coast of England now, not Scotland.
- anovikov 3y agoAnd this is probably exactly because of Scottish independence concerns in the past...
- martinald 3y agoI don't think there is a huge difference in output of English vs Scottish territorial water wind output. There is a massive shortage of Scottish -> England transmission though. So it's a lot better to build them closer to where the power is needed. However, there is nearly 10GW of HVDC in the pipeline to transmit power from Scotland to England (look up national grid eastern link 1, 2, 3 and 4).
- louthy 3y agoJust to back that up: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-locations-of-constructed-or-planned-offshore-wind-farms-in-the-UK-Map-adapted-from_fig3_307661314 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-locations-of-constru...
- martinald 3y agoThat's from 2010. This is a more up to date one, but still probably outdated: https://www.windenergynetwork.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/A1-Map_Issue-57-WEB.pdf https://www.windenergynetwork.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/...