MPs unaware of popularity and cost competitiveness of onshore wind farms

James Murray
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Poll reveals only eight per cent of MPs can accurately identify onshore wind farms as the cheapest form of new generating capacity

MPs are largely unaware of the plummeting cost of onshore wind power and onshore wind farms' position as the cheapest form of new generating capacity currently available in the UK. That is the conclusion...

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