Renewable energy will overtake nuclear power in UK, study says

Guardian: Renewable energy capacity will overtake nuclear power in the UK by 2018, if current rates of growth continue, and will provide enough power for one in 10 British homes by 2015, according to new research. The amount of electricity supplied by wind energy alone is up by a quarter since 2010, in a surprisingly good year for the renewables industry. While the government has notably cooled on wind power – more than 100 Tory MPs signed a statement this year opposing new windfarms, and the chancellor...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/30/renewable-energy-nuclear-power
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