Gordon Brown to launch £100bn wind energy programme

Source: Guardian

Gordon Brown will this week launch a £100bn programme to build thousands of offshore wind turbines that could power most of Britain's households during strong winds and are crucial to meeting the country's renewable targets.

The Crown Estate will announce which consortia have been successful in bidding to develop the nine zones, mostly in the North Sea, in the project, which is the most ambitious of its kind in the world. The prime minister is expected to use the event to promote the potential economic benefits of the massive building works.

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The projects will be bigger than anything which exists today in the UK or elsewhere. They will be further away from the coast and in deeper waters than existing offshore projects, making them more difficult and expensive to build and operate.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/03/gordon-brown-wind-energy-programme

Yes, I know there are issues with windpower, but that is true of all forms of energy.