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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 12 2017, @02:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the and-less-radioactive dept.

Energy from offshore wind in the UK will be cheaper than electricity from new nuclear power for the first time.

The cost of subsidies for new offshore wind farms has halved since the last 2015 auction for clean energy projects

Two firms said they were willing to build offshore wind farms for a subsidy of £57.50 per megawatt hour for 2022-23.

This compares with the new Hinkley Point C nuclear plant securing subsidies of £92.50 per megawatt hour.

Nuclear firms said the UK still needed a mix of low-carbon energy, especially for when wind power was not available.

Both nuclear and wind receive subsidies, but for the first time wind is coming to market with less, so providing the same electricity with less cost to the public than nuclear.


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday September 12 2017, @03:06PM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 12 2017, @03:06PM (#566760) Journal

    Poe's law warning, you're being too subtle for S/N.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday September 12 2017, @03:42PM (3 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday September 12 2017, @03:42PM (#566776) Journal

    ;)

    Weeding out the idiots, lol.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 12 2017, @03:51PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 12 2017, @03:51PM (#566787) Journal

      Glad you like it, Sisyphus, this job is endless ;)

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday September 12 2017, @04:30PM (1 child)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday September 12 2017, @04:30PM (#566813) Journal

      Well, one of the idiots is a staff member and several others are indefatigable foot soldiers for the alt-reich, so good luck with that. Let me help you push that rock up that hill...

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      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday September 12 2017, @04:51PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday September 12 2017, @04:51PM (#566834) Journal

        A rolling stone...

        ...hurts like HELL!
        :)

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