RWE: We're still committed to offshore wind with 'all guns blazing'

Jessica Shankleman
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Utility maintains decision to shelve Atlantic Array was purely down to technical issues, downplaying investor confidence fears

German utility RWE has firmly denied reports that uncertainty around the future of green policies in the UK played any part in its decision to shelve a £4bn offshore wind farm in the Bristol Channel, insisting...

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