UK leaps up European wind power league table

Jessica Shankleman
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New figures show EU now has 105.6GW of wind power capacity, but EWEA warns full effects of Eurozone crisis on new projects have yet to be felt

The UK has taken bronze position in the European wind energy rankings, after last year installing 16 per cent of all new capacity across the continent. New figures from the European Wind Energy Association...

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