First turbine installed at giant Welsh wind farm

BusinessGreen staff
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Vattenfall reports one of the UK's largest onshore wind farms has reached an important milestone

The giant Pen y Cymoedd onshore wind farm is on track to deliver power by early 2017 after developer Vattenfall announced that the first of 76 turbines has been successfully installed. The European...

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