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RWE npower gives green light to Rhyl wind farm
RWE npower fired a fresh salvo in the battle for green energy customers yesterday with plans for its biggest wind farm in Britain.
The German-owned energy group said that it was beginning construction of its second offshore wind farm at Rhyl Flats, off the North Wales coast.
The £190 million 90 megawatt project, using 25 Siemens turbines, is expected to be operational by the middle of 2009.
July 11, 2007
by Steve Hawkes
in The Times
RWE npower fired a fresh salvo in the battle for green energy customers yesterday with plans for its biggest wind farm in Britain.
The German-owned energy group said that it was beginning construction of its second offshore wind farm at Rhyl Flats, off the North Wales coast.
The £190 million 90 megawatt project, using 25 Siemens turbines, is expected to be operational by the middle of 2009. Combined with RWE npower's existing 60MW site at North Hoyle near by, the group will have enough capacity to supply 100,000 homes with "green" electricity each year.
The move comes two weeks after Powergen, owned by... [continue via Web link]
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