Chu unveils $180m offshore wind innovation fund

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Six year Department of Energy programme aims to encourage up to four demonstration projects off US coast

The US Department of Energy (DoE) is to make $180m available over the next six years to support up to four innovative wind farms off the coast of the country or in the Great Lakes. The projects are...

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