British installations of small-scale wind-power turbines may more than double this year as the government seeks to achieve renewable-energy targets and as consumers face mounting electricity costs. Private turbine installs could reach 7,844, compared with 3,459 in 2007, said the British Wind Energy Association report.
The number of installs last year in Britain climbed 80 percent from 2006, it said. Britain is seeking as much as 35 percent of its electricity from “green” souces by 2020, according to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
So-called micro-generation is production from units with a capacity of as much as 1.5 kilowatts and small wind systems are those with a capacity of up to 50 kilowatts.
The generators can be freestanding or mounted to walls or roofs of buildings.
European governments want to increase alternative energy production to curb greenhouse gas emissions, blamed by scientists for climate change. The UK’s six biggest energy suppliers have raised household bills twice this year, as wholesale fuel costs reached records. UK electricity for the six months ending March 2009 traded at a record 99.10 pounds ($181.77) a megawatt-hour on Friday, according to broker GFI Group Inc.
The increase in installations is being driven by technology improvements and the “realization that there are huge savings to be made by deploying small turbines,” that BWEA said in the report, adding that more than 13,000 units may be set up in 2009.
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The number of installs last year in Britain climbed 80 percent from 2006, it said. Britain is seeking as much as 35 percent of its electricity from “green” souces by 2020, according to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
So-called micro-generation is production from units with a capacity of as much as 1.5 kilowatts and small wind systems are those with a capacity of up to 50 kilowatts.
The generators can be freestanding or mounted to walls or roofs of buildings.
European governments want to increase alternative energy production to curb greenhouse gas emissions, blamed by scientists for climate change. The UK’s six biggest energy suppliers have raised household bills twice this year, as wholesale fuel costs reached records. UK electricity for the six months ending March 2009 traded at a record 99.10 pounds ($181.77) a megawatt-hour on Friday, according to broker GFI Group Inc.
The increase in installations is being driven by technology improvements and the “realization that there are huge savings to be made by deploying small turbines,” that BWEA said in the report, adding that more than 13,000 units may be set up in 2009.
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