Hackney wind turbine erected in just two days

James Murray
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Hackney wind turbine erected in just two days

Octopus Energy and Britain Remade team up to demonstrate how quickly wind turbines can be installed when not facing planning and grid connection delays

In the same week as plans were unveiled to build England's largest onshore wind farm at a site on the Lancashire moors, a turbine was erected in the somewhat more leftfield environs of London's Hackney....

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