Committee on Climate Change insists onshore wind still has role to play in cost-effective energy mix

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Responding to Times report suggesting UK "has enough wind turbines", Committee confirms most cost-effective decarbonisation scenarios require more onshore wind energy through to 2030

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has today reiterated that an increase in onshore wind capacity during the 2020s is likely to represent the most cost-effective means for the UK to meet its carbon...

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