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Tide turning for UK renewables projects

Tom Young

19 January 2010 • 2 min read

Three new projects approved in Scotland as UK planning authority eyes growing list of large-scale schemes

The Scottish government last week approved three large-scale wind energy projects, which together are expected to provide enough energy for 100,000 homes while creating 240 construction jobs. A 118MW-capacity...

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