E.ON cuts ribbon on 400MW Rampion wind farm, as UK sets new wind power record

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Offshore wind farm now generating enough green electricity for around 350,000 UK homes

Three years of construction officially came to an end today at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm, the first wind farm off the UK's south coast. The new installation,...

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