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.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Whoever on Tuesday September 12 2017, @07:15PM (2 children)
No, it doesn't say that. What it says now (and at the time I posted earlier) is:
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday September 12 2017, @10:03PM (1 child)
Well I copied & pasted from the article in question. I don't alter copy in any way except to occasionally replace paragraphs with an ellipsis.
It seems the BBC went back and edited the article in place. It's a web page, not a print edition, so they can do that.
Please aim your slings and arrows at the Beeb.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 13 2017, @11:23AM
Adding links is an alteration.