UK: £100bn wind farm plan heralds green energy era

Revolutionary plans for a massive expansion of offshore wind farms have been unveiled in a
The Government is pinning its hopes on offshore wind, alongside a renaissance in nuclear power and the development of clean coal technology, as an essential element in its bid to achieve an 80 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2050. Building the new fields would slash carbon emissions by up to 40 million tonnes a year.

However, just moments after Gordon Brown had announced that the project could deliver 32 gigawatts (GW) of power – enough to supply 19 million homes – and up to 70,000 jobs, senior industry figures involved in the plans warned that the vision could not be delivered without crucial additions to Britain’s electricity network, costing up to