Offshore wind tsar to lead cost cutting taskforce

Jessica Shankleman
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RenewableUK chairman Andrew Jamieson appointed head of new body tasked with cutting offshore wind costs to £100/MWh

The head of the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) new offshore wind energy task force has vowed to "explore every avenue" in his search for dramatic reductions to the cost of the nascent...

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