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1128142

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what analyses they have conducted into the operational lifetime of offshore and onshore wind energy machines; and what guidance they intend to provide in that regard to relevant individuals and organisations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL15956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not provide guidance on the operational lifetime of wind turbines.</p><p> </p><p>Previous government research relating to onshore wind turbine longevity is available on the government’s website, titled ‘Onshore Wind - Direct &amp; Wider Economic Impacts’.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, a collaboration between Innovate UK and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, has jointly agreed innovation priorities around four areas, one of which is operations &amp; maintenance and windfarm lifecycle.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 04/06/2019 16:03:01 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

1126701

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difficulties associated with the maintenance of wind turbines and associated equipment; and what steps they are taking, if any, to work with the offshore wind energy industry to address such difficulties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL15718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>Operators are responsible for maintaining turbines and associated equipment for their projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, a collaboration between Innovate UK and ORE Catapult, has jointly agreed innovation priorities around four areas, one of which is operations &amp; maintenance and windfarm lifecycle. As set out in the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, the sector will look to build on existing work by, for example, exploring the application of robotics and Artificial Intelligence in optimising maintenance and reducing costs.</p><p> </p><p>The renewables share of electricity generation reached 33.3% in 2018 – a record high – with 111TWh generated from renewable sources. Offshore wind generated 26.6TWh which equated to 8% of the UK’s overall annual generation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/05/2019 15:20:48 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

1274588

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of energy generated from wind power each day in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL11884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>On average in 2019, wind generated 176 GWh of electricity per day in the UK. This is calculated as the total amount of electricity generated by onshore and offshore wind in 2019 divided by the number of days. The 2019 generation figure is published by BEIS in DUKES 6.4 (copy attached).</p><p>Full statistics for 2020 are not yet available. Provisional statistics will be published on March 25<sup>th</sup> on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/01/2021 17:28:48 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name DUKES_6.4.xls title DUKES 6.4
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

926444

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to monitor any change in performance of wind turbines in on-shore and off-shore locations from their time of construction; whether they intend to publish assessments of the likely future lifetime of the wind turbine systems now being constructed in the UK; and if so, whether this information will be provided to organisations that are investing in such systems.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL8704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department reviews generation performance of a range of existing and new renewables plants, including onshore and offshore wind, on an annual basis as part of setting the level of the Renewables Obligation. The most recent publication can be found here (copy also attached):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewables-obligation-level-calculations-201819" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewables-obligation-level-calculations-201819</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department periodically reviews the evidence base on the generation costs of renewable electricity technologies, including their lifetimes, and when appropriate publishes reports on the topic. The most recent of these publications can be found here and attached (copy also attached):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-november-2016</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Renewables_Obligation_2018_19_FINAL.pdf title The Renewables Obligation For 2018/19 2 file name BEIS_Electricity_Generation_Cost_Report.pdf title Electricity Generation Costs question first answered 27/06/2018 16:36:22 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

1241475

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the amount of energy generated from wind power; and how they plan to assist private and public sector businesses (1) to start, or (2) to increase, generating wind power on land they own or occupy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Achieving our ambitious 2050 Net Zero target will require significant increases in renewable electricity generation, and we will need to increase deployment across a range of technologies, including wind.</p><p>We now have 14.2GW installed onshore wind (ONW) capacity and we are a world leader in offshore wind (OFW) with installed capacity of 10.1GW (which will rise to 19.5GW by the mid 2020s).</p><p>On 6 October 2020, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced new plans to Build Back Greener by building on the UK’s success in wind energy. As part of this, we increased the offshore wind ambition to 40 GW by 2030, introduced a new target to deploy 1GW of floating wind by 2030, and to support up to double the capacity of renewable energy in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, which will open in late 2021. <em> </em></p><p>This CfD allocation round will be open to both onshore and offshore wind (as well as other technologies) as announced on Monday 2 March 2020.</p><p>The Contracts for Difference scheme is the government’s main mechanism for supporting new renewable generation projects in Great Britain and to this date has secured clean energy for 12 million homes. Both public and private sector businesses are entitled to bid into the Contracts for Difference scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/10/2020 14:40:24 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1170139

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the deployment of (1) offshore, and (2) onshore, wind energy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK is the world’s largest offshore wind market with 9.8GW installed, which is expected to rise to 14GW by 2023 and 19.5GW by 2026. On 23 July 2018, the Government announced the timetable for future Contracts for Difference auctions, which is the main mechanism for deploying new renewable technologies. The auctions have the potential to deliver up to 2GW of new offshore wind every year in the 2020s, which has given long term vision and clarity to the offshore wind sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal, published on 7 March 2019, will build on the UK’s global leadership in offshore wind bringing a strategic approach to deliver increased capacity of offshore wind, while boosting the UK economy, enhancing growth in the regions while continuing to reduce costs.</p><p> </p><p>Onshore wind has also deployed successfully to date in the UK, recently exceeding 14GW of installed operational capacity. Onshore wind continues to fall in cost and has resulted in several merchant onshore wind sites being deployed to date.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/01/2020 15:53:48 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1088862

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage increased wind power generation in public sector buildings.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL14567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to encourage increased wind power generation in public sector buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/03/2019 15:37:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

943406

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce renewable energy costs by permitting the growth on on-shore wind, following the recommendations of the report by the National Infrastructure Commission, National Infrastructure Assessment 2018, published 10 July.
	tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
	uin	HL9618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Onshore wind has deployed successfully to date with nearly 13GW of installed onshore wind capacity now operational across the UK. The Government does not believe that new large scale onshore wind power is right for England, but it could be right for other areas, where local public support exists.</p><p>We welcome the publication of the National Infrastructure Commission’s Assessment and are considering their recommendations. The Government will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/07/2018 15:39:53 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

425849

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many onshore wind farms there are in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
	uin	HL3247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The planning status of all renewable electricity projects with an installed capacity of 1MW or more can be found within the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD).</p><p>Currently there are 175 fully operational wind farms (sites with two turbines or more) in England. These windfarms have a total installed capacity of 2019.2MW.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/11/2015 17:07:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name Copy of Public_Database_-_Oct_2015.xlsx title Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD)
	tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

77283

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current success rate of planning applications for wind turbines and wind farms; and what were the comparable figures in each of the last five calendar years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL1017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) tracks the progress of all projects over 0.01MW from submission of a planning application through to determination and generation:</p><p><a href="https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/monthlyextract" target="_blank">https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/monthlyextract</a></p><p>The table below sets out the number and percentage of onshore wind installations, as well as the combined capacity of those installations, which are recorded on the REPD as having been approved or refused planning permission, on a year-by-year basis, since January 2009. These numbers are accurate as of the end of May 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of planning applications</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Capacity (MW)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Approved</p></td><td><p>Refused</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td><td><p>Refused</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>105 (73%)</p></td><td><p>38 (27%)</p></td><td><p>1183 (68%)</p></td><td><p>558 (32%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>119 (75%)</p></td><td><p>40 (25%)</p></td><td><p>1249 (66%)</p></td><td><p>644 (34%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>138 (71%)</p></td><td><p>57 (29%)</p></td><td><p>964 (67%)</p></td><td><p>483 (33%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>275 (71%)</p></td><td><p>111 (29%)</p></td><td><p>2252 (76%)</p></td><td><p>727 (24%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20113</p></td><td><p>438 (59%)</p></td><td><p>303 (41%)</p></td><td><p>1422 (47%)</p></td><td><p>1603 (53%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan- May 2014</p></td><td><p>86 (40%)</p></td><td><p>128 (60%)</p></td><td><p>594 (47%)</p></td><td><p>663 (53%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/07/2014 13:06:05 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont