The UK’s wind energy industry has passed 5GW of installed wind energy capacity, enough to supply close to 3 million homes annually with electricity.
The 5GW milestone was achieved by the commissioning of two wind farm developments in September. Vattenfall’s 300 megawatt Thanet offshore wind farm, the world’s biggest, which began operating on Thursday, and the expansion of Fred.Olsen Renewables’ Crystal Rig 200MW onshore wind farm in the Scottish Borders in early September. “Five gigawatts is an important milestone…
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