{"id":2250,"date":"2011-03-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/scotland-planning-more-offshore-wind-power-than-needed-for-all-its-homes.html"},"modified":"2011-03-30T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T20:00:00","slug":"scotland-planning-more-offshore-wind-power-than-needed-for-all-its-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/scotland-planning-more-offshore-wind-power-than-needed-for-all-its-homes.html","title":{"rendered":"Scotland planning more offshore wind power than needed for all its homes"},"content":{"rendered":"Aaron Colter wrote 23 March 2011:\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthtechling.com\/2011\/03\/5-gw-of-offshore-scottish-wind-power-by-2020\/\">\n5 GW Of Offshore Scottish Wind Power By 2020?<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nThe Scottish Government has released a\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/News\/Releases\/2011\/03\/18133308\">\nplan for offshore wind<\/a>\nthat\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5559844286\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5091\/5559844286_d571cb8800.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Publications\/2011\/03\/18141232\/0\">\nhighlights six areas<\/a> for potential development. The original plan\nhad selected ten regions for offshore renewable energy, however, four\nwere ultimately abandoned due to predicted negative environmental and\neconomic impact.\n<p>\nThe six sites still in the running have an estimated energy potential of\nnearly five gigawatts by 2020, or enough to power 3 million homes. Richard\nLochhead, Rural Affairs and Environment Secretary, said that Scotland\u2019s\ncommitment to offshore wind production could generate over $11 billion\nfor the country\u2019s economy and support up to 28,000 jobs over the next\nten years.\n<\/blockquote>\nFor comparison, Scotland has about\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/scotland\/8694137.stm\">\n<strike>370,000 households<\/strike><\/a>.\nAccording to the General Record Office for Scotland,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gro-scotland.gov.uk\/files2\/stats\/household-estimates\/he-09\/j1182503.htm\">\nEstimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2009<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\nIn mid-2009, there were 2.34 million households in Scotland\n<\/blockquote>\nThat&#8217;s right, they&#8217;re talking <strike>eight<\/strike> 1.28 times as much power as all\nof Scotland&#8217;s homes could use.\nI would guess this means they plan to export some of that power,\nperhaps to England.\n<p>\nIt seems renewable energy planning has spread beyond\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/06\/previously-writing-about-biomass-and-carbon-dioxide-i-said-id-supply-an-example-of-the-sort-of-thing-im-looking-for-as.html\">the Highlands<\/a>\nto the rest of Scotland.\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nUpdate 6:45 PM 3 Apr 2011: Fixed total household number; thanks to Malcom Smith for catching this typo.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Colter wrote 23 March 2011: 5 GW Of Offshore Scottish Wind Power By 2020? 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