本月初，位于英国海岸附近的世界上最大的海上风能农场的最终涡轮机。Hornsea I是第一套产生超过1 gW的套件，这是推销电力价格以与化石发电竞争所需的尺寸和规模。
英国现在是准备一个更大的项目ect.
The estimated $11-billion, 1.2-GW Hornsea I, located in the North Sea more than 60 miles off Yorkshire, England, includes a 174-turbine array over 407 sq miles that was completed in nine months and paves the way for the next generation of offshore wind farms, says Duncan Clark, program director for its Denmark-based developer Orsted A/S.
Construction of the farm, powered by 7-MW Siemens Gamesa turbines, began in early 2018. It will operate in 2020.
同时，三个海上风力项目，每个项目都能够产生1.2吉瓦的动力，赢新利18备用网址得了英国9月下旬的可再生能源拍卖，平均获胜价格低于传统批发化石燃料动力的平均值。
平均获胜价格约为每公里 /小时的51美元，远低于2017年的每公里 /小时每公里 /小时72.30美元。“英国最新的固定基金会海上风风票的拍卖价格表明行业和技术成熟，”创始人兼首席执行官Alla Weinstein说。总部位于加利福尼亚的海上风开发商Trident Winds。
挪威的开发商Equinor及其苏格兰公用事业合作伙伴SSE赢得了拍卖，其中三个大型海上风力项目将位于北海的Dogger Bank地区，总容量为3.6 GW。新利18备用网址
Equinor说：“拍卖结果反映了持续的成本降低和技术发展以及底部固定近海风的竞争力的增加。”首席执行官Eldar Saetre在一份声明中说，这代表了公司离岸风能业务的“游戏规则改变者”。
Sector participants credit larger component size and a supportive government framework for the low prices, providing “confidence to investors and the benefits of scale and certainty to the supply chain,” said Matthew Wright, Orsted managing director.
U.K. offshore wind procurement uses a “contract for differences” approach in which the government guarantees a minimum price but gains a refund from the developer for the difference if the average wholesale price is lower.
市场顾问Wood Mackenzie的Senor Research分析师Shimeng Yang说：“英国海上风力罢工价格下降将迫使开发商为低于当前电力价格的投标做准备，或者遵循纯商人通往市场的途径。”
The U.K. also announced on Oct. 14 the next round of offshore wind leases, from which the government will gauge developer interest and financial and technical ability to add 7 GW to its 9 GW of operating offshore wind. Another 4 GW is currently being built.
The U.K. has a mandate to be carbon neutral by 2050.
