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Claims that aging wind farms are a bad investment blown away by new research
2014-02-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Wind turbines can remain productive for up to 25 years, making wind farms an attractive long-term choice for energy investors, according to new research. The UK has a target of generating 15 per cent of the nation's energy from renewable resources such as wind farms by 2020. There are currently 4,246 individual wind turbines in the UK across 531 wind farms, generating 7.5 per cent of the nation's electricity. There has been some debate about whether wind turbines have a more limited shelf-life...
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