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India’s Wind Ambitions and UK Offshore Expansion
This episode covers India’s ambitious plans to double its wind energy capacity by 2030, the UK’s expansion of offshore wind farms, and the US states’ legal challenge against President Trump’s executive order halting wind energy development.
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Allen Hall: Starting the week off in India, India’s wind energy sector is investing heavily in capacity and workforce development to double its current 50 gigawatt capacity by 2030. The Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association says they’re focusing on technology innovations while advancing the Make in India mission to achieve this ambitious target.
The country already has 18 gigawatts of annual manufacturing capacity for turbines and components. Companies like LAN and zf Windpower produce critical parts locally. Positioning India as a potential global export hub. Renewable sector hiring is expected to grow by 19% this year in India with most workers being young [00:01:00] Indians between 26 and 35 years old.
Over in the uk the UK’s Crown estate has approved expansion of high density wind farms on existing seabed leases to support the country’s energy transition. Seven projects will increase capacity by 4.7 gigawatts helping Britain towards its target of 50 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.
Up from the current 15 gigawatts projects include RWE’s Ramon two and SSE’s and Equinor’s Dogger Bank D. The Crown Estate’s Marine director Gus Jasper says, this capacity increase program will provide up to 4 million homes with clean energy and decrease the UK’s reliance on internationally sourced fossil fuels.
Britain is already the world’s second largest offshore wind market after China, though inflation and supply chain issues have challenged the sector recently.
Over in the United States, a coalition of 17 states and Washington [00:02:00]DC has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order halting wind energy development. The order signed on his first day in office, pauses, approvals, permits, and loans for all wind projects, both offshore and onshore.
New York Attorney General Letitia James leading the coalition argues the directive threatens thousands of good paying jobs and billions in investment while delaying the transition away from fossil fuels. The administration recently ordered Norwegian company Ecuador to halt construction on Empire Wind, one near Long Island, despite the project being 30% complete after a seven year permitting process.
Wind currently provides about 10% of US electricity, making it the nation’s largest renewable energy source. The states argued Trump’s order contradicts years of bipartisan support for wind energy and his own declaration of quote, a national energy emergency unquote calling for expanded domestic energy production.[00:03:00]
The administration has also suspended funding for floating offshore wind research in Maine and revoked permits for a project in New Jersey. Internationally, other nations are accelerating wind investments with the UK and Canada’s Nova Scotia recently announcing major offshore expansion plans. That’s this week’s top News stories. Tune in tomorrow for the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast.
https://weatherguardwind.com/india-wind-ambitions-uk-offshore/
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I told him that I’m aware of such people; they’re called “professional liars.”
I explained the concept of EROI, energy return on investment, and surprised him by saying that the EROI of wind is somewhere between 18 and 30, meaning that each wind turbine you see as you drive along the freeway will generate at least 18 times as much energy as was required in its mining, fabrication, installation, maintenance, and decommissioning–all the way up to 30 times that amount.
The generation of disinformation of renewables has become a cottage industry. People are paid to make up and publish complete bullshit, so as to discredit the burgeoning clean energy industry, and keep Big Oil in place.
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