Offshore wind : a new dual export opportunity for Scotland that could maximise productive output and economy-wide benefits?

Turner, Karen (2024) Offshore wind : a new dual export opportunity for Scotland that could maximise productive output and economy-wide benefits? University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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Abstract

Scotland has been a forerunner in developing low carbon energy capacity, with the outcomes of the latest Scotwind offshore leasing rounds putting our relatively small nation on track to deliver a relatively large share of UK and European renewable wind energy. However, given the likely high absolute and relative costs of transmitting electricity generated in relatively remote Scottish North Sea offshore wind farm sites to the GB grid, it is essential to exploit opportunities to reduce curtailment and maximise productive economic output from currently invested and planned offshore wind assets.

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