


Report confirms North Sea as ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’

Report confirms North Sea as ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’

RenewableUK welcomes groundbreaking valuation of UK’s offshore renewable resource.
Study shows long-term potential of offshore resource matches North Sea oil and gas production.

RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association, has welcomed today’s publication of The Offshore Valuation, a groundbreaking report comparing North Sea offshore energy potential with the region’s oil and gas production.

Published by The Offshore Valuation Group, a coalition of government and industry organisations, the report suggests that using less than a third of the total available offshore resource could: generate the electricity equivalent of 1 billion barrels of oil annually, matching North Sea oil and gas production; create 145,000 new jobs in this country and provide the Treasury with £28 billion in tax receipts; enable Britain to become a net exporter of electricity by 2050; reduce carbon emissions relative to 1990 levels by 30%.


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