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Report: Wind farms to power British homes
London (UPI) Dec 9, 2007 Britain's secretary of business reportedly is backing a plan to have wind farms power all homes in the United Kingdom within 13 years. John Hutton, who previously opposed the plan, is to announce Monday he is opening the seas around Britain to wind farms to reduce reliance on other energy forms, including nuclear power, The Independent reported Sunday. The project would be the world's largest renewable energy initiative and would help achieve the European Union target of providing 20 percent of Britain's energy from renewable resources by 2020, the British newspaper reported. Monday's announcement is to come amid talks in Bali between 190 nations negotiating a new agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. The British plan calls for wind farms to produce 25 gigawatts of electricity by 2020, which would make Britain's offshore wind industry twice the size of that of any other nation within eight years, The Independent reported. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Germany to get first offshore windfarm in 2009
Berlin (AFP) Dec 5, 2007Germany's first offshore windfarm should go into operation in the Baltic Sea in 2009, the companies building it said on Wednesday as the government set new targets for renewable energy use. |
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