Wind power

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

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Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

WASHINGTON — The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, jeopardizing the Biden administration’s goals of powering 10 million homes from towering ocean-based turbines by 2030 and establishing a carbon-free electric grid five years later. The Danish … Read more

Relying on wind – or the French – is not a sensible energy policy

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Relying on wind – or the French – is not a sensible energy policy

SIR – At last – the truth about the real cost, unreliability and insecurity of offshore wind farms (“Electricity from wind isn’t cheap and it never will be”, Matt Ridley, Comment, September 10).  When will the Government face reality and give its full support to Rolls-Royce’s small modular nuclear reactors, thereby making the UK more … Read more