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tanks can be used to power the engine. MAN Diesel prevent blackouts.
DF engines have gained popularity in the power Energy ministers hailing from Britain, France,
generation industry for some time now, thanks Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium,
to its efficiency, fuel flexibility and environmental Ireland and Luxembourg promised to develop a new
benefits – all of them factors which have enabled this offshore power grid to link up electricity produced from
relatively new engine to quickly establish itself on the sea-based wind power turbines.
market. MAN Diesel has recently received similar The EU is aiming to generate a fifth of all of its
orders from Brazil and Australia. energy from renewable sources by 2020 to reduce
reliance on imported oil and gas, and of course to
Joint project meet climate change goals to reduce greenhouse gas
EU pushes offshore
emissions – as highlighted at COP 15 in Copenhagen,
in December 2009.
wind grid
Wind power is likely to play the major role in this
development. The European Wind Energy Associa-
Nine European nations pledged at the end of 2009 to tion says wind could generate up to 16% of all EU
build more links between wind power stations in the energy — or a third of all electricity — by 2020,
North and Irish Seas, which could help them boost if governments help fund more wind farms and
output of renewable energy. power links.
Wind energy producers have in the past complained Offshore wind farms use bigger and more powerful
that the few links between countries and power stations wind turbines planted in the sea bed and can generate
allow little wind-generated electricity to be piped quickly around a third more power than land-based wind
where it is needed. The EU’s executive also has called for stations. They also are far more expensive to build
more Pan-European links to secure the power supply and and maintain.
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