Centrica
Perhaps it's down to planning issues or the extra development resources needed to build large offshore projects, but whatever the reason it was a shame Centrica have no new build to their name in 2007.
The company did buy a 50% stake in Airtricity's Braes O'Doune windfarm, which proved to be the largest onshore wind farm completed in 2007. With Airtricity being bought out by SSE, we're left with the strange situation that two of the Big 6 suppliers now part-own the same wind farm.
Centrica - which were formerly British Gas - are well underway constructing what will be the UK's largest offshore wind park to date off the Linconshire coast. The 54 turbine site with a capacity of 180MW should be up and running by the end of 2008.
With nearly 6 million customers though, Centrica's offshore developments are still a drop in the ocean - pardon the pun - but it's certainly a step in the right direction..
- 2007 New Build:
- £42 million (50% of Braes O'Doune)
- WhichGreen ranking:
- 3rd
- Ranking on price:
- 3rd (Future Energy) and 7th (Zero Carbon) out of 13 tariffs
- Price difference:
- 4% cheaper and 4% more expensive
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