据离岸工程网11月1日报道 英国政府周五表示，将启动一项1.6亿英镑（2.2亿美元）的基金，帮助海上风电技术的开发商，作为提高可再生能源和实现气候目标努力的一部分。
宣布这一消息之际，英国寻求在周日开始在格拉斯哥举办联合国第26届缔约方会议气候峰会之前提高其环保信誉。
能源部长Kwasi Kwarteng在一份声明中表示：“海上浮式风电是开发英国风能资源的关键，尤其是在苏格兰和威尔士海岸附近的深水区。”
英国有一个目标，即到2030年，海上风电发电量将从目前的约10吉瓦增加到40吉瓦，这将足以为每个家庭提供电力。浮式风电场预计将占其中的1 吉瓦。
浮式风电场是一项新兴技术，其成本远高于固定在海底的发电厂，但随着更多项目上线，成本预计将下降，从而打开了进一步开发海上发电站的潜力。
政府表示，有关如何分配资金的细节将在与业界协商后公布，新资金是周三公布的14亿英镑全球英国投资基金的一部分。
英国皇家财产局今年启动了一项海岸海底许可证招标，招标价高达10吉瓦，吸引了可再生能源公司和石油巨头的投标，其中许多场地可能需要使用浮式风电技术。
英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的皇家地产也启动了一轮租赁，仅针对凯尔特海的浮式风电项目，租赁0.3吉瓦项目。
（1美元=0.7257英镑）
王磊 摘译自 离岸工程
原文如下：
UK to Launch $220M Floating Wind Fund
Britain will launch a 160 million pound ($220 million) fund to help developers of floating offshore wind technology as part of efforts to ramp up renewable power and meet climate targets, the government said align="justify"> The announcement comes as Britain seeks to boost its green credentials before hosting the United Nations' COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow from Sunday.
“Floating offshore wind is key to unlocking the spectacular wind energy resource we enjoy in the UK, particularly in the deep waters around the coasts of Scotland and Wales,” energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng said in a statement.
Britain has a target to generate 40 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from offshore wind by 2030 - up from around 10 GW currently - which it says would be enough to power every home. Floating wind farms are expected to account for 1 GW of that.
Floating wind farms are an emerging technology with far higher costs than plants fixed to the seabed, but costs are expected to fall as more projects are brought align="justify"> Details align="justify"> Scotland’s Crown Estate this year launched a tender for seabed licenses around the coast for up to 10 GW, attracting bids from renewables companies and oil majors, with many of the sites likely to require floating wind technology.
The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has also launched a leasing round just for floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea for 0.3 GW of projects.
($1 = 0.7257 pounds)