UTILITY WEEK | 27TH SEPTEMBER - 3RD OCTOBER 2019 |
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Policy & Regulation
HOW THEY MEASURE UP
Project Capacity Initial Strike Price (2012 prices) Current Strike Price Commissioning Target Allocation Round
Beatrice 664MW £140/MWh £158.73/MWh 2018-19 Non-competitive
Burbo Bank Extension 258MW £150/MWh £170.03/MWh 2017 Non-competitive
Dudgeon 402MW £150/MWh £170.03/MWh 2017 Non-competitive
Hornsea One 1200MW £140/MWh £158.75/MWh 2019-21 Non-competitive
Walney Extension 660MW £150/MWh £170.03/MWh 2017-18 Non-competitive
East Anglia One 714MW £119.89/MWh £136.08/MWh 2018-20 Round 1
Neart na Gaoithe 448MW £114.39/MWh £129.88/MWh 2022 Round 1
Hornsea Two 1386MW £57.50/MWh £65.09/MWh 2023-24 Round 2
Moray East 950MW £57.50/MWh £65.09/MWh 2022 Round 2
Triton Knoll 860MW £74.50/MWh £84.56/MWh 2022 Round 2
Dogger Bank 1200MW £39.50/MWh £39.50/MWh 2023-24 Round 3
Dogger Bank 2400MW £41.61/MWh £41.61/MWh 2024-25 Round 3
Forthwind 12MW £39.50/MWh £39.50/MWh 2023-24 Round 3
Seagreen 454MW £41.61/MWh £41.61/MWh 2024-25 Round 3
Sofia 1400MW £39.50/MWh £39.50/MWh 2023-24 Round 3
With a length of 107m, the LM Wind Power blade is longer than a rugby pitch and 1.5 times the length of a Boeing 747. It might also represent one of the
largest single machine components ever built.
Three of these blades form the rotor of GE Renewable Energy's Haliade-X 12MW, the world's largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine, which
is capable of powering 16,000 homes. GE acquired LM Wind Power, the world's largest designer and manufacturer of wind turbine blades, in 2017.
GE Renewable Energy also recently laid the foundation for the first Haliade-X in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. When complete, the prototype, which
will stand on land, will be 260m tall from base to blade tips, and the rotor will sweep a circle with a diameter of 220m. The machine is expected to start
producing electricity later this year.
