Saturday January 09, 2010
Britain's plan for giant wind farms will need 'super-grid' to take off
Rowena Mason
Telegraph
Power companies awarded contracts to build 6,400 wind turbines off the British coast have warned that they will need a "super-grid" connected to Europe to guarantee a steady power supply.
E.ON, RWE npower, Scottish Power, Centrica, Scottish and Southern Energy, Vattenfall and smaller utilities must find £100bn in investment to ensure the wind farms are built by 2020. At peak capacity, the new projects could provide 25pc of Britain's electricity needs.
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