Offshore wind grid moves a step closer

James S Murray
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Ofgem appoints advisors to oversee competition for building transmission links between grid and offshore wind farms

The government's ambitious plans to generate enough offshore wind energy to power about 10 million homes moved a small but important step closer to reality today. This was due to Ofgem's announcement that...

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