英国海上风能吸引投资者青睐

中国石化新闻网讯 据离岸工程8月12日消息称，德勤公司表示，包括奥斯特、Vattenfall、Innogy、SSE和苏格兰电力在内的电力公司以及基础设施和养老基金等金融投资者都积极参与英国海上风力项目。

报告称，日本、中国和其他亚洲国家也对该市场表现出越来越大的兴趣。

英国拥有海岸线长、风速高、海底浅层等自然优势，为建设大型海上风电场提供了有利条件，是全球领先的海上风力发电市场。

英国海上风电装机容量已经达到7.9吉瓦，政府已制定了到2030年超过30吉瓦的宏伟目标。海上风力发电占总发电量的14.7%，英国的海上风力发电已大幅增长。

德勤中国能源、资源及工业领袖郭凯文表示：“由于有完善的监管来支持效率和鼓励竞争，高度开放和透明的英国电力市场已成为海外投资者最具吸引力的投资目的地之一。市场正在向更清洁的能源结构过渡，英国今年5月实现了为期一周的无煤发电，并计划在2025年前逐步淘汰燃煤电厂。”

凯文补充说:“海上风能在能源结构中越来越重要。英国的做法和政策可能会为中国企业在国内加快海上风力发电的扩张提供参考，显著推动能源结构转型和当地经济结构升级。”

海上风电场可以运行25-45年，在开始运行前要经过几个阶段。在英国，这些阶段包括海底租赁、规划许可、发电许可申请和差价合约(CfD)拍卖。英国严格而复杂的程序和市场机制可能对新进入者构成挑战。

凯文补充道：“英国海上风电行业在产能和技术方面领先于世界。从之前的CfD拍卖和第三轮CfD轮次可以看出，业内对于降低海上风电发电成本信心十足。这将有助于海上风力发电从利基市场转向主流市场。”

曹海斌 摘译自 离岸工程

【注】CfD意为差价合约，是Contracts for Difference的缩写。

差价合约可以反映股票或指数的价格变化并提供价格变动所带来的盈利或亏损，而无须实际拥有股票或指数期货。差价合约CFD是用保证金交易的，同股票实物交易一样，盈利或亏损是由买入和卖出价格决定的。

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UK Offshore Wind Attracts Investments

Power companies including Ørsted, Vattenfall, Innogy, SSE and Scottish Power and financial investors such as infrastructure and pension funds are active in UK offshore wind power, said Deloitte.

Japan, China and other countries in Asia are also showing increasing interest in the market, it said.

With natural advantages including a long coastline, high wind speed and areas of shallow seabed providing desirable conditions for the construction of large offshore wind farms, the UK is the world's leading offshore wind power market.

There is 7.9 GW of offshore wind capacity in the UK already and the government has set an ambitious target of over 30 GW by 2030. Accounting for 14.7% of the total power generation, offshore wind power has seen substantial growth in the UK.

"With sophisticated regulation to support efficiency and encourage competition, the highly open and transparent UK power market has become one of the most attractive destinations for overseas investors. The market is transitioning towards a cleaner energy mix, with the UK recording one week of coal-free power generation this May and planning to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2025," said Deloitte China Energy, Resources & Industrials Industry Leader Kevin Guo.

Kevin added: "Offshore wind power is increasingly important in the energy mix. UK practices and policies could inform Chinese companies' faster expansion of offshore wind power at home, significantly driving energy mix transformation and local economic structure upgrades."

An offshore wind farm can operate for 25-45 years and goes through several stages before starting operation. In the UK, these stages are seabed leasing, planning consent, generation license application and a contract for difference (CfD) auction. The UK's rigorous and complex procedures and market mechanisms can be challenging for new entrants.

"The UK's offshore wind sector leads the world in capacity and technology. We can see from previous CfD auctions and the strike price in the third CfD round that the industry is extremely confident about reducing generation cost from offshore wind sources. This will help offshore wind power go from niche to mainstream," Kevin added.