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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose

Windfarm off Norfolk coast gets second green light after court battle

Wind turbine
Kwarteng approved Norfolk Vanguard a year and a half after first giving it the nod. Photograph: Brian van der Brug/LA Times/Rex/Shutterstock

A vast windfarm off the Norfolk coast has been approved by ministers for a second time after a local man convinced a high court judge to overturn the first decision a year ago.

The high court verdict last February forced the government to reconsider the plans by the Swedish renewables firm Vattenfall to build two offshore windfarms capable of generating enough green electricity to power the equivalent of 4m UK homes.

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