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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Michael Savage Policy Editor

UK offshore wind at ‘tipping point’ as funding crisis threatens industry

EDF Energy’s offshore windfarm at South Gare in North Yorkshire
EDF Energy’s offshore windfarm at South Gare in North Yorkshire. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Britain faces being left with no hope of meeting its crucial climate crisis goals and losing its status as a world leader in offshore wind energy without an urgent overhaul of government support, ministers are being warned.

The sudden halting of one of the country’s biggest offshore windfarm projects last month could signal a “tipping point” in the construction of new sites unless ministers intervene, a number of senior energy industry figures told the Observer.

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