Britain to launch plan for green energy revolution

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will outline its plan on Thursday for meeting its renewable energy targets that environmental groups cautiously welcome but others say is unrealistic.

Ministers are expected to call for 4,000 more wind turbines to be built onshore and 3,000 more to be erected at sea as a key part of a strategy to get 15 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2020.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown made the case for investment by sovereign wealth funds in renewable energy sources at a weekend summit of oil producers and consumers in Saudi Arabia, saying it was in everyone’s interests to reduce oil dependency.

Reuters