Wind farm expansion

Bendigo Advertiser
Monday 10/12/2007 Page: 3

LONDON - Britain is planning a massive expansion of its offshore wind farms to power every home in the country. The government will choose a number of sites in waters off the British coast to build the wind farms, which will produce 25 gigawatts of electricity by 2020. The move will mean that Britain's offshore wind farm industry will be twice the size of any other country's and put it on track to meet a target of having 20 per cent of its energy from renewable sources within the next 13 years. Secretary of State for Business John Hutton was expected to outline the proposal at a conference in Berlin today, the Independent on Sunday reported.