ScottishPower secures planning approval for two giant offshore wind projects

Cecilia Keating
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ScottishPower's East Anglia One wind farm, off the coast of Suffolk | Credit: ScottishPower
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ScottishPower's East Anglia One wind farm, off the coast of Suffolk | Credit: ScottishPower

Green light for projects boasting a combined 1.5GW of capacity clears way for development of offshore wind mega-hub

Two large wind farms planned off the coast of East Anglia have been granted development consent by the government, in a move expected to add nearly 1.5GW of clean energy capacity to the UK grid. In...

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