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Article: Offshore wind has potential to meet more than a quarter of the UK's electricity needs.
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- June 24, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 June 2009-UK Government: Offshore wind has potential to meet more than a quarter of the UK's electricity needs(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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An extra 25GW of offshore wind energy could be accommodated around the UK's shores, in addition to the 8GW already built or planned, Energy Minister Lord Hunt announced today.
The findings, a result of the Government's Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) will enable the Crown Estate to proceed with the third round of leasing in UK's waters for offshore wind farms.
Offshore wind has the potential to provide the UK with up to 70,000 new jobs and GBP8bn in annual ...