Report: EU wind energy market to triple in size this decade

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Figures predict UK will be Europe's fourth largest wind energy market by 2020

The UK will be the fourth largest wind energy market in the EU by 2020, according to a new industry report that predicts the bloc will triple its wind power output over the next decade. The European...

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