Offshore wind farms blown off schedule by two years
By Tim Webb
Published: 16 April 2006
More than half of the first phase of the UK's offshore wind farms will be built two years late, at the earliest. Developers are also warning that the second phase of much larger projects is unlikely to go ahead without government support, threatening Tony Blair's target for producing more energy from renewable sources .
The looming crisis faced by the wind industry comes as ministers begin drafting the second Energy Review in three years. Consultation for the latest review closed on Friday. The first one favoured renewable forms of energy, primarily wind power.
The first round of 13 offshore wind farms, when completed, are supposed to generate 1,500MW of electricity, enough for a city one-and-a-half times the size of Birmingham. Three of these farms are in operation, one is under construction, but two – the Scarweather Sands and Solway Firth projects off Wales – have been put on hold indefinitely because developer E.ON no longer thinks they are economically viable. Of the remaining seven projects, Centrica has now said that its Lynn and Inner Dowsing project off the Lincolnshire coast will be completed by 2008 at the earliest. The same applies to npower's Rhyl Flats project off North Wales.
The Independent on Sunday has also learnt that Shell Flat off the Lancashire coast (being developed by Scottish Power, Shell, Elsam and Tomen) will not be completed until 2009.
Developers are also doubtful of the round two projects, totalling 5,400MW to 7,200MW, going ahead at all without government support. The first-phase projects received grants, but it was hoped that with experience and economies of scale, the next round would be cheaper. Developers say costs have actually risen by one third.
Onshore wind farm projects totalling 14,000MW are also facing delays of up to 10 years to be connected to the National Grid.
Mike Davies, managing director of developer Wind Energy, wants the National Grid to connect all wind farms within three years of planning consent being granted.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
