Ed Davey throws weight behind green energy by opening giant UK windfarm

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Walney farm off Cumbria, opening today, is world's largest

The new energy secretary, Lib Dem MP Ed Davey, will face down the growing army of renewable power critics inside the coalition by making his first major outing a visit to a wind project. He will open...

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