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Wind Energy Construction Market - UK 2010-2014
AMA Research, July 2010, Pages: 86
The 2nd Edition of its Wind Energy Construction Programme – UK 2010-2020 should be of particular interest to companies and institutional investors, and provides a comprehensive and easy to use review of the commercial wind energy sector.
Key areas in the report:
- Overall review of the commercial wind energy market in the UK and its contribution to renewable energy in the UK.
- In-depth analysis of the onshore and offshore wind markets including technology, costs, operational wind farms, projects in development and in planning.
- In-depth analysis of plans to build an additional 32GW of offshore and 14GW of onshore wind capacity by 2020 including estimated costs and timetable for construction and key players involved.
- Review of key issues affecting the wind energy market – new government, planning system, capital & operational costs, supply chain issues, turbine availability, grid & transmission issues.
Areas of particular interest:-
- The total future investment costs for 32GW of offshore wind and 14GW of onshore wind are estimated to be as much as £80-95bn, which will make the wind energy sector one of the fastest growing markets.
- With wind energy firmly on the new coalition government’s agenda, the report explores the market opportunities ahead for the construction industry and the wider supply chain.
- Shift from current operating capacities represents a tremendous challenge to the sector, necessitating an average build rate of around 950MW onshore wind per year and around 2.2GW of offshore wind per year to 2020.
- The forward wind energy pipeline is very healthy, with 2.4GW of onshore and offshore capacity under construction, 6.5GW consented and around 9.9GW in planning.
- Given the trend towards larger turbine sizes in both offshore and onshore projects, the completion of many projects will be increasingly influenced by wind turbine availability. There is a supply/demand imbalance in the turbine market, but both GE and Siemens have announced plans to set up turbine factories in the UK.
Key contractors and consultants included:-
AMEC, Airtricity, Atkins, Faber Maunsell (AECOM), Fluor, Galliford Try Renewables, Gifford, Hochtief, KBR, McNicholas, Natural Power Consultants (NPC) Renewable Energy Systems (RES), Seawind, The Mott MacDonald Group, Vattenfall, Wind Prospect.
Key areas covered in the report include:-
WIND ENERGY MARKET IN THE UK
- Introduction to wind energy in the UK including an analysis of wind power technology.
- Analysis of current onshore and offshore wind power provision in the UK.
- Analysis of current and future energy supplies in the UK.
- Analysis of the contribution of renewable sources of energy to future energy security – mix of alternative sources (wind, tidal, hydro, biofuels etc.)
- Coalition government renewable energy policy and analysis of new legislation under the Energy Security and Green Energy Bill.
- Future of wind power in the UK – growth prospects to 2020, targets, barriers to growth (investment, planning, political, alternative sources etc.)
ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY IN DETAIL
- Market overview and wind energy build capacity to 2020 – forward plans.
- Overview of offshore wind energy in the UK - Key offshore wind energy projects in the UK under Crown Estates Offshore Rounds 1-3 (status, capacity, developers), key developers/shares in each round. Specific review of Scotland.
- Offshore wind energy technology – developments in turbine size, key players.
- Overview of onshore wind energy in the UK - Key onshore wind energy projects in the UK (location, capacity, operational dates, developers).
- Onshore wind energy technology – developments in turbine size.
- Analysis of wind energy capital and operational costs – breakdowns (turbines, civils, installation, project management etc.)
- Development finance for wind energy projects.
FACTORS AFFECTING THE WIND ENERGY MARKET
- Planning and the consenting process for wind farms – current consented capacity, projects in planning.
- Planning legislation and the new coalition government – recent changes.
- Turbine shortages and analysis of major turbine manufacturers – UK and global market shares, key players, profiles etc.
- Analysis of grid & transmission issues.
- Analysis of foundation technology.
CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING MARKET SUPPLY
- Value of the wind power sector to the supply chain – onshore/offshore mix.
- Analysis of the wind energy supply chain together with key issues facing the sector.
- Analysis of the plans to expand the UK turbine manufacturing market.
- Engineering and construction contractor involvement and capability in the UK wind energy sector – key players.
- Profiles of leading engineering/construction contractors involved in the sector.
- Key clients in the wind energy sector including developers and utility companies. Current projects under construction, consented and planning (capacity/developers).
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