ScottishPower starts construction on 1.4GW Suffolk offshore wind farm

Michael Holder
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Credit: ScottishPower

Project forms part of the £6.5bn East Anglia Hub comprising three wind farms off England’s East coas

ScottishPower Renewables has started construction on its second wind farm off the coast of Suffolk, with the 1.4GW capacity project set to generate enough electricity to meet the needs of around 1.3 million...

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