'A British success story': Clean energy auction promises offshore wind at 'zero subsidy'

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Concerns over legal delays remain, but the offshore wind industry is today celebrating record cost reductions

The offshore wind industry looks set to deliver clean power below the wholesale cost of electricity, after the latest government auction for new clean power contracts saw the price offered by new offshore...

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