With the latest batch of offshore wind turbines to come on line Britain has overtaken Denmark to become the world leader for offshore wind. However, we lag behind Europe in overall renewable energy generation and most of our turbines are built abroad.
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The Queen has invested in what is reportedly the largest wind turbine in the world, to be installed off the North East coast of England. She has previously had a water turbine installed in a wier near one of her castles and I believe the royal households are all going over to energy saving bulbs. All in all a good example to set to we commoners.
via Island of Doubt
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The world’s largest offshore wind farm could be built off the north coast of Devon. If it goes ahead it could provide nearly all of the county’s electricity, and there are plans to supplement it with tidal power schemes.
As this article appears in the Daily Mail expect the usual NIMBY nonsense in the comments.
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