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- Nadinetouzet on 2009-01-26 - Tags windpower
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offshore wind-farm project
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on a knife-edge
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carbon dioxide emissions permits
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erecting offshore wind turbines
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subsidy scheme
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the cost of offshore wind power – roughly twice that of onshore wind because of the difficulty of installing and maintaining turbines at sea.
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each megawatt of wind power capacity costs about £3m to build: more than the equivalent cost for a nuclear power station
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The comparison is made even worse because offshore turbines might generate power for about 40 per cent of the time, whereas modern nuclear stations operate at about 90 per cent of capacity.
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the Renewables Obligation, the subsidy system for renewable electricity
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tidal energy schemes
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