Green Options » sectors http://greenoptions.com/tag/sectors Posts tagged 'sectors' Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:00:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en UK Becomes World’s Biggest Producer of Offshore Wind Power http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/21/uk-becomes-worlds-biggest-producer-of-offshore-wind-power/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/21/uk-becomes-worlds-biggest-producer-of-offshore-wind-power/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:00:09 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/21/uk-becomes-worlds-biggest-producer-of-offshore-wind-power/

The UK government announced today that Britain has overtaken Denmark to become the world’s biggest producer of offshore wind power.

The rise to the top of the global league table follows the construction of a new wind farm off the coast of Skegness, Lincolnshire, which increases the UK’s total electricity generation from offshore wind sources to 590 megawatts (MW), enough to power 300,000 homes.

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