Wind Power Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make a statement on the future use of wind power. Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 19 July 2007]: As stated in the Energy White Paper “Meeting the Energy Challenge”, published earlier this year “renewable energy has a key role to play in reducing carbon emissions and achieving security of supply”. http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file39387.pdf In February this year the UK became one of only eight countries to surpass two gigawatts of wind generation. It took 14 years to reach the first gigawatt of electricity from wind and only a further 20 months to reach the second gigawatt. The UK has one of the best wind profiles in Europe and as such wind technologies both onshore and offshore have the potential to supply a significant percentage of our energy needs. Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many windfarms there are in the UK; and where they are located. Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 19 July 2007]: According to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) there are currently a total of 148 wind farms in the UK, 143 onshore and five offshore. The locations of these wind farms are: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wind farm |Location |Latitude |Longitude| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dommuie |Aberdeenshire |57 27 01N|02 41 35W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Boyndie Airfield |Aberdeenshire |57 38 47N|02 36 17W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Glens of Foudland |Aberdeenshire |57 25 28N|02 38 34W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Llyn Alaw |Anglesey |53 21 48N|04 26 59W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cruach Mhor |Argyll and Bute |56 02 24N|05 09 22W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tangy |Argyll and Bute |55 29 38N|05 40 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deucheran Hill |Argyll and Bute |55 37 44N|05 33 35W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Beinn an Tuirc |Argyll and Bute |55 33 56N|05 34 12W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Beinn Ghlas |Argyll and Bute |56 22 59N|05 16 20W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Green Park |Berkshire |51 25 05N|00 59 02W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ransonmoor Farm |Cambridgeshire |52 30 15N|00 01 28E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Red Tile |Cambridgeshire |52 27 02N|00 00 27W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Glass Moor |Cambridgeshire |52 30 53N|00 06 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coldham |Cambridgeshire |52 34 29N|00 08 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Long Hill Road |Cambridgeshire |52 33 34N|00 06 08E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Abbey Produce Ramsey Site |Cambridgeshire |— |— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blaen Bowi |Carmarthenshire |51 59 17N|04 26 43W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Parc Cynog |Carmarthenshire |51 51 28N|04 34 40W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cefn Croes (inc Devils Bridge, Bryn Du)|Ceredigion |52 24 18N|03 45 03W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Llangwyryfon |Ceredigion |52 18 26N|04 01 43W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mynydd Gorddu |Ceredigion |52 27 18N|03 58 20W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rheidol |Ceredigion |52 24 12N|03 52 56W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dyffryn Brodyn |Ceredigion |51 52 09N|04 33 25W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rhyd-y-Groes |Ceredigion |53 24 46N|04 25 54W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slievenahanaghan |Co. Antrim |55 02 21N|06 16 20W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Elliot’s Hill |Co. Antrim |54 51 00N|06 03 36W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Corkey |Co. Antrim |55 02 00N|06 15 24W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Callagheen |Co. Fermanagh |54 26 18N|08 00 30W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tappaghan Mountain |Co. Fermanagh |54 32 53N|07 33 14W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slieve Rushen |Co. Fermanagh |54 09 36N|07 37 12W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Altahullion Phase I |Co. Londonderry |54 57 36N|07 01 54W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rigged Hill |Co. Londonderry |55 01 18N|06 49 13W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lendrum’s Bridge Phase II |Co. Tyrone |54 26 12N|07 20 42W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lendrum’s Bridge Phase I |Co. Tyrone |54 26 12N|07 20 42W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Owenreagh |Co. Tyrone |54 48 30N|07 19 54W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bessy Bell |Co. Tyrone |54 40 48N|07 24 12W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mawla (Moel Maelogen) |Conwy |53 08 08N|03 43 00W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moel Maelogen |Conwy |53 08 08N|03 43 24W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bears Down |Cornwall |50 28 23N|04 57 11W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Four Burrows |Cornwall |50 17 30N|05 08 44W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Breock |Cornwall |50 28 36N|04 51 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Goonhilly Downs |Cornwall |50 02 46N|05 11 56W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cold Northcott |Cornwall |50 38 14N|04 31 07W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Carland Cross |Cornwall |50 21 05N|05 01 48W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Delabole |Cornwall |50 38 14N|04 42 15W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |WWA High Sharpley |County Durham |54 50 20N|01 25 04W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hare Hill (3Hs) |County Durham |54 45 45N|01 24 59W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Holmside Hall (3Hs) |County Durham |54 50 18N|01 40 35W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |High Volts (3Hs) |County Durham |54 41 58N|01 17 29W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tow Low (High Hedley 2) |County Durham |54 45 37N|01 46 57W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |High Hedley Hope |County Durham |54 45 36N|01 46 51W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |WWU High Pow |Cumbria |54 46 51N|03 09 35W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Eastman (Voridian) |Cumbria |54 39 51N|03 32 33W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barrow (Off Shore) |Cumbria |53 59 00N|03 17 00W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haverigg III |Cumbria |54 12 03N|03 19 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Winscales extension |Cumbria |55 51 51N|03 05 15W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambrigg |Cumbria |54 20 07N|02 38 18W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lowca |Cumbria |54 35 34N|03 34 33W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Orton II |Cumbria |54 52 01N|03 04 31W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Winscales |Cumbria |54 51 51N|03 05 15W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Askam |Cumbria |54 11 14N|03 10 20W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haverigg II |Cumbria |54 12 03N|03 19 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harlock Hill |Cumbria |54 13 08N|03 09 28W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oldside |Cumbria |54 39 34N|03 33 34W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Siddick |Cumbria |54 40 16N|03 32 35W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kirkby Moor |Cumbria |54 14 46N|03 09 08W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tir Mostyn and Foel Goch |Denbighshire |53 06 52N|03 29 17W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Hoyle (Off Shore) |Denbighshire |53 26 00N|03 24 00W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Forest Moor |Devon |50 53 39N|04 24 57W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wether Hill |Dumfries and Galloway|55 18 37N|03 55 54W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Artfield Fell |Dumfries and Galloway|54 57 58N|04 45 59W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Windy Standard |Dumfries and Galloway|55 17 31N|04 12 18W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Michelin Tyre Factory |Dundee City |56 28 59N|02 53 32W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hare Hill |East Ayrshire |55 21 06N|04 07 04W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Myres Hill |East Renfrewshire |55 41 30N|04 16 42W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lynch Knoll |Gloucestershire |51 40 47N|02 16 29W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hafoty Ucha 3 extension |Gwynedd |52 54 01N|04 23 18W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hafoty Ucha 2 extension |Gwynedd |52 54 01N|03 35 18W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hafoty Ucha 1 |Gwynedd |52 53 01N|03 35 18W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trysglwyn |Gwynedd |53 22 28N|04 20 43W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Beaufort Court (RES Office) |Hertfordshire |51 42 29N|00 26 13W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Beinn Tharsuinn |Highland |57 48 06N|04 19 56W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Farr Windfarm |Highland |57 19 30N|04 05 39W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Boulfruich |Highland |58 18 0N |03 26 00W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gigha Community |Highland |55 40 05N|05 45 16W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Causeymire |Highland |58 25 46N|03 30 31W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Forss, Hill of Lybster |Highland |58 36 28N|03 40 03W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Novar |Highland |57 42 52N|04 26 03W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Out Newton |Humberside |53 40 03N|00 06 04W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kentish Flats (Off shore) |Kent |51 27 00N|01 08 10E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |WWP Hameldon Hill |Lancashire |53 47 19N|02 09 39W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Caton Moor Repowering |Lancashire |54 03 39N|02 39 25W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coal Clough |Lancashire |53 44 55N|02 10 03W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Black Scout Wind Farm |Lancashire |53 45 10N|02 09 39W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bambers Farm II |Linolnshire |53 19 39N|00 14 25E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deeping St. Nicholas |Lincolnshire |52 43 58N|00 13 01W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gedney Marsh (Red House) |Lincolnshire |52 50 23N|00 06 24W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bambers Farm |Lincolnshire |53 19 44N|00 15 03E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mablethorpe |Lincolnshire |53 19 39N|00 14 25E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ford Motors |London |51 31 18N|00 09 02E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Seaforth Dock |Merseyside |53 27 31N|03 01 49W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Paul’s Hill |Moray |57 26 46N|03 28 34W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Findhorn Foundation |Moray |57 39 26N|03 34 48W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rothes (Cairn Uish) |Moray |57 32 14N|03 22 17W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ffynnon Oer |Neath Port Talbot |51 54 00N|03 10 00W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Pickenham Windfarm |Norfolk |52 37 34N|00 44 59W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scroby Sands (Off shore) |Norfolk |52 38 00N|01 47 00E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swaffham Extension |Norfolk |52 39 21N|00 41 07E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Somerton |Norfolk |52 42 33N|01 39 20E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Eco Tech Centre |Norfolk |52 39 21N|00 41 07E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blood Hill |Norfolk |52 42 41N|01 40 03E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wardlaw Wood |North Ayrshire |55 42 38N|04 43 24W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ardrossan |North Ayrshire |55 41 09N|04 48 26W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelker Reservoir |North Yorkshire |53 57 34N|01 54 31W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burton Wold Wind farm |Northamptonshire |52 21 23N|00 39 02W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blyth (Off shore) |Northumberland |55 08 09N|01 29 25W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kirkheaton |Northumberland |55 04 58N|01 59 26W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blyth Harbour |Northumberland |55 07 20N|01 29 25W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burray |Orkney |58 52 15N|02 53 41W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Spurness Wind farm |Orkney |59 11 10N|02 41 22W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thorfinn, Burgar Hill |Orkney |59 07 31N|03 09 16W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bu farm |Orkney |59 04 59N|02 39 53W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sigurd |Orkney |59 07 53N|03 08 57W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Castle Pill Farm |Pembrokeshire |51 43 27N|05 00 26W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mynydd Clogau |Powys |52 34 49N|03 25 59W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cemmaes |Powys |52 38 38N|03 40 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Carno ‘A’ and ‘B’ |Powys |52 33 02N|03 36 01W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bryn Titli |Powys |52 22 03N|03 33 51W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Llandinam P&L |Powys |52 26 11N|03 24 49W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Taff Ely |Rhondda Cynon Taff |51 33 46N|03 29 09W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crystal Rig 1a |Scottish Borders |56 53 42N|03 30 47W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Black Hill |Scottish Borders |55 47 54N|02 26 02W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crystal Rig |Scottish Borders |55 53 42N|02 30 47W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bowbeat |Scottish Borders |55 42 56N|03 08 23W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dun Law |Scottish Borders |55 48 27N|02 51 37W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burra Dale Extension |Shetland Islands |60 09 53N|01 14 10W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Burra dale |Shetland Islands |60 09 53N|01 14 10W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hadyard Hill, Barr |South Ayrshire |55 14 45N|04 43 23W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Black Law B |South Lanarkshire |55 46 01N|03 44 20W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Black Law A |South Lanarkshire |55 46 01N|03 44 20W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sainsburys, Langlands Park |South Lanarkshire |55 44 32N|04 09 36W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hagshaw Hill |South Lanarkshire |55 33 02N|03 55 06W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royd Moor |South Yorkshire |53 31 55N|01 40 10W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Braes O’Doune |Stirling |56 16 34N|04 03 45W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ness Point |Suffolk |52 28 47N|01 45 35E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nissan Motors Plant |Tyne and Wear |54 55 12N|01 28 05W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Eppleton |Tyne and Wear |54 49 47N|01 25 54W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ovenden Moor |West Yorkshire |53 46 27N|01 56 05W| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department is taking with business to encourage the creation of wind farms. Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 19 July 2007]: My Department are continuing to work with the renewables industry to overcome the barriers for deployment. The Renewables Obligation (RO) is the Government’s main support mechanism for supporting renewables generation. The RO places an obligation on suppliers to source a specific and annually increasing proportion of their sales from renewable sources. The RO is currently technology blind so that as long as the generation is from an eligible renewable source the generator will receive one Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) for every 1 MW of renewable generation. We are currently changing the RO to allow banding whereby differing values of ROC’s dependent on what the generating source is and we announced in the Energy White Paper the proposed bands for renewables under the RO. Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what further wind farm developments are planned. Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 19 July 2007]: It is for the wind farm developers to decide the best location for the wind farms and for them to take them through the planning process. According to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) there are currently: 32 onshore and seven offshore wind farms are under construction. 96 onshore and seven offshore wind farms are consented but not yet under construction. 217 onshore and seven offshore wind farms are in planning. Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions he has had with his colleagues in HM Treasury on tax incentives related to wind power. Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 19 July 2007]: I have had no recent discussions with my colleagues at HM Treasury on tax incentives for wind farms.