UK built half of Europe's offshore wind power in 2017
by Adam Vaughan Energy correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#3F6NC)
Capacity is growing fast and turbines getting bigger - some almost as large as the Shard
Britain accounted for more than half of the new offshore wind power capacity built in Europe last year, as the sector broke installation records across the continent.
The windfarms out in the North Sea and other shallow European waters are getting bigger in every sense. Soon turbines will almost be as large as the Shard, Europe's tallest building.
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