{"id":18527,"date":"2011-03-21T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=18527"},"modified":"2011-03-21T07:00:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T11:00:43","slug":"offshore-wind-power-cheaper-than-nuclear-power-eu-climate-chief-emphasizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/offshore-wind-power-cheaper-than-nuclear-power-eu-climate-chief-emphasizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Offshore Wind Power Cheaper than Nuclear Power, EU Climate Chief Emphasizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/wind-turbine.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18529\" title=\"wind-turbine\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/wind-turbine.jpg\" alt=\"offshore wind turbine thanet\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shellee wrote a piece last week on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/03\/07\/wind-energy-now-cost-competitive-with-coal\/\" target=\"_blank\">onshore wind energy being cost-competitive with coal<\/a> in some regions. Now, EU climate chief Connie Hedegaard has added that offshore wind energy is cheaper than nuclear.<\/p>\n<p>You often see people claiming that nuclear energy is so cheap \u2014 (I always wonder if their figures are based on what nuclear energy projects are projected to cost or the actual cost of such projects, which often ends up beings several times higher). Of course, not even taking the great risk posed by nuclear power plants into account, wind power costs have been dropping in recent years and, as Hedegaard (referring to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2011\/mar\/17\/wind-cheaper-nuclear-eu-climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offshore wind energy<\/a>, in particular) contends, \u201cPeople should believe that this is very, very cheap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people tend to believe that nuclear is very, very cheap, but offshore wind is cheaper than nuclear,\u201d Hedegaard says.<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2011\/03\/18\/offshore-wind-energy-cheaper-than-nuclear-energy-eu-climate-chief-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Offshore Wind Energy Cheaper than Nuclear Energy, EU Climate Chief Says<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photo via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nuon\/5032611616\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a short piece last week on onshore wind energy being cost-competitive with coal in some regions. 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