Orders for wind turbines to fall by 93 per cent, energy experts predict

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Wind power capacity to slump from 1,368Mw to 90Mw in 2013

Orders for offshore wind turbines in Britain will slump next year, threatening to halt the industry's recent growth and the expected creation of up to 10,000 "green economy" jobs. Analysts are forecasting...

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