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UK Wants Huge Expansion In Offshore Wind Power

Posted by kdawson on from the think-of-the-birds dept.

OriginalArlen writes "The UK government has announced an ambitious plan to expand the existing offshore wind turbine farms, which are already extensive, to an estimated 7,000 units — two per mile of coastline — enough to generate 20% of the UK's power needs by 2020. The newly green-friendly Conservative opposition party is also backing the scheme. Wonder what they'll make of it in Oregon..."

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  1. Re:Mmm breezy by Faluzeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    "At least the windmills will keep the beaches cool in summer..." In the UK we do not need help to keep our beaches cool in summer...

  2. Re:Electricity export from France by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually the power-plants-blow-up-in-50-years feature in SimCity 2000 stems from a feasibility study into the possibility of letting Italians run their own power plants.

  3. European hell... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    When you're next door to Italy, of course you're going to be a net exporter! Who are they going to rely on to generate their power? Themselves In European hell all the cooks are British, the cops are German, the engineers are French the lovers are Swiss and the whole thing is administrated by the Italians.