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Wind power 'adds resilience to UK energy market'
2015-01-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Installing more wind turbines will make the UK's energy market more resilient to global fossil fuel price shocks, an independent report has concluded. Dwindling domestic gas and coal supplies mean the nation would become dependent on volatile imports, it adds. The report, by Cambridge Econometrics for RenewableUK, said wind power saved the UK 579 million in fossil fuel costs in 2013. The UK is recognised for having the best wind resource in Europe. "One of the main messages from this...
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