Friday 4 June 2010

A valuation of the UK's offshore energy resource

The offshore valuation: A valuation of the UK's offshore energy resource

This report is pretty promising....

In harnessing 29% of the practical offshore renewable resource by 2050:


• the electricity equivalent of 1 billion barrels of oil could be generated annually, matching North Sea oil and gas production and making Britain a net electricity exporter;

• carbon dioxide reductions of 1.1 billion tonnes would be achieved by the UK between 2010 and 2050 – a major contribution towards 2050 climate targets;

• 145,000 new UK jobs could be created by industry.

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