Top university backtracks over wind turbine fire claims

Jessica Shankleman
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Imperial College London admits it may have misled media over research analysing frequency and impact of wind industry fires

One of Britain's leading universities has apologised after admitting it may have misled the public and journalists by claiming wind turbine fires are a major problem for the industry and could be 10 times...

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