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Plan to link offshore windfarms to grid could cost 17bn

2013-01-14 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The government's plans to bring more offshore wind power on to the grid are flawed and could lead to higher electricity prices for consumers, an influential committee of MPs has warned. Offshore windfarms require heavy-duty transmission infrastructure to carry the power to land, and the provision of the cables needed has been a serious obstacle to the growth of the wind industry, as windfarms both on and offshore have had to wait for long periods to be connected. Under the government's current...

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