Harnessing the wind is only the start - Telegraph

Harnessing the wind is only the start - Telegraph

After North Sea oil and North Sea gas, is it now North Sea wind? The giant wind farm off north Kent, which opened on Thursday, is not merely the world's biggest, but means that Britain's offshore capacity now exceeds that of all other countries put together. That's pretty startling for a country still bumping along the bottom of the European league table for energy derived from renewables. And it's led the Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, – who admits that for decades our record was "atrocious" – to claim that Britain is uniquely placed to lead the world in the industry.