Green light for £1.5bn Dudgeon offshore wind farm

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Norwegian companies Statoil and Statkraft confirm work on 402MW project will begin next year with expected completion in 2017

Work on a giant 402MW wind farm off the Norfolk coast will start next year after its Norwegian developers decided to go ahead with the £1.5bn project. Statoil and Statkraft confirmed the decision in...

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