'Astonishing': Offshore wind could soon return money to UK billpayers, study finds

Cecilia Keating
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Offshore wind power is now so cheap that farms are set to pay money back to consumers from mid-2020s, Imperial College London study predicts

UK offshore wind farms could be the first in the world to pay money back to consumers, following steep declines in the cost of wind power driven by falling technology costs and economies of scale. That...

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