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Article: Breezy; Wind farms.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2005
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Plans for wind farms multiply faster than evidence that they work
BRITAIN is top of a previously unknown league: countries in which to invest profitably in wind farms, according to Ernst & Young, an accountancy firm. As a result, wind farms are spreading across the country like warm butter.
According to a study by Platts Power UK, a specialist energy magazine, 21 gigawatts (GW) of large renewable power projects are being planned for the next five years. Britain currently has about 1GW installed now, with an extra 2.5GW either being built or awaiting construction in the next 12 months. If all the projects that are in the planning system now--plus all ...