:: UK makes huge investment in wind energy ::
The UK government is
issuing a new round of licences for off-shore wind turbines.
These
wind turbines will produce
5% of the UK's electricity and be built on the
North West coast, the Wash + the Thames Estuary .
The government's
Energy White Paper published earlier this year set a target for
10% of electricity to come from renewable sources by
2010 so this announcement is an important step in the right direction.
Not surprisingly,
Friends of the Earth,
Greenpeace + The
British Wind Energy Association are all extremely pleased with this development, although
wildlife experts and the
Ministry of Defence have expressed concerns which still need to be addressed.
Visit the
Ecotricity or
National Wind Power websites if you would like to find out more about wind power.
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