Article 53PPZ 'Wrong signal': Norfolk coast windfarm planning delayed by up to five months

'Wrong signal': Norfolk coast windfarm planning delayed by up to five months

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Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
from Environment | The Guardian on (#53PPZ)

Swedish developer Vattenfall says hold-up could call into question UK's green resolve

The government has delayed the planning process for a major new windfarm off the Norfolk coast because of the coronavirus lockdown, with its developer to warning the move could send the wrong signal" to the renewables industry.

The Swedish energy company Vattenfall said delaying a decision on the 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas windfarm by up to five months was regrettable" and might call Britain's green ambitions into question.

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