Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says EU climate chief

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Connie Hedegaard says declining cost of offshore wind energy makes it genuine alternative to crisis-hit nuclear industry

Generating energy from wind turbines at sea would be cheaper than building new atomic power plants, Europe's climate chief has said, in the latest challenge to the crisis-stricken nuclear industry...

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