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Offshore wind could power every home in the UK by 2020, says government

Guardian; 27/01/2009

An Department for Energy and Climate Change study has concluded that another 5,000-7,000 wind turbines could be built off the coast by 2020, generating 25 GW of energy, equivalent to 25 large coal-fired power stations. However, the announcement was clouded by claims from the energy company E.ON that the economics of what is the UK's biggest current off-shore wind project, the London Array off the coast of Kent and Essex, were 'on a knife edge'.

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Websites: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Keywords: Wind

Countries: UK -

Organisation: E.ON|Department for Energy and Climate Change

Subjects: Project Management, Policy and Governance, Economics, business and commerce, Electricity generation, Offshore wind power, Combined heat and power generation, Heat distribution, Domestic, Drying / evaporation, Wind power, Power stations, Coal fired power stations