UK wind power developers to see the direct result of overhead costs is their rate of growth of one million pounds per year, resulting in this phenomenon is that the British plan to strengthen and upgrade the national power grid, to hold nuclear power as wind power reserve. UK wind power developers have worried.

British National Grid announced in June a conference paper elaborated on the plan will include six nuclear power issue, but need to increase the total amount of national grid electricity reserves. Mentioned in the document which will effectively address the problem of insufficient supply a large number of power plants, from 1320 MW to 1800 MW. National Grid also said its operating costs from the estimated 16 million pounds a year to grow to 31.9 million pounds. The meeting made a number of energy companies charge to complement the national power grid method of rising costs, but the national grid transmission Bumen business director Alison wrote to the UK gas and electricity market regulator Ofgem’s letter has said that the Power Grid Corporation decided to retain the existing fee system that is national grid electricity supply companies to provide the same per MW of electricity will be charged the fees.

The decision to wind power generators operators almost fly into a rage, claiming the national grid charges which is extremely unfair. Although the National Grid, said at the meeting, continue with the current charging method is smaller than 350 MW for power generation companies, including wind power Baokuo English are not all caused additional loss but Reng not stop the protests Sheng Feng Dian enterprises. In contrast, nuclear power developers are on the national grid rather welcomed the decision, because they do not want a large-scale power plants to increase the national grid charges, this will be detrimental to the construction of new small wind generators nuclear power stations. Now this is because the cost of increased costs to be shared equally by the need to head all the energy companies, they naturally could not be happier.

The information from the meeting revealed that many users have increased costs may lead to a large nuclear power plant commissioning was delayed for several years. The lack of electricity power supply enterprises, it is possible through a new gas turbine combined cycle (CCGT) power plants to compensate. And to do so will complete the UK and across Europe to bring their emissions reduction targets hampered because of the low-carbon technology investment will inevitably be affected. Not long ago, a National Grid spokesman said in an interview acknowledged that their decision may make wind power operators feel disappointed. But he wind turbine generator also stressed that the development of large wind power companies to move offshore wind power plant is gratifying, because the power to enhance the scale means that they do not now face additional charges. But in fact, even in the offshore wind farm operators, the decision to support the national grid are also very few people. Moreover, many wind power companies have expressed the hope that Ofgem will make the decision to wind turbine change the national grid, because they believe doing so is tantamount to the national grid to wind power and other renewable energy back to nuclear power a heavy burden.

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