US East Coast could generate more than a fifth of electricity from wind by 2024

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Government report concludes that huge increase in wind energy capacity is technically feasible

More than 20 per cent of the US Eastern Seaboard's electricity could be provided by wind turbines by 2024, according to a government report released yesterday. The two-year technical study by the National...

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