News that wind farm developers can charge more for the electricity they send to British homes has been well received by a key industry body in the North East.
The chief executive of energy sector organisation NOF said the Government should be given credit for listening to the industry and reacting accordingly. A move to increase the price paid to supply power – known as the strike price – from £44 per megawatt hour (MWh) to £73 follows the last, disastrous offshore wind auction round in which the Government received no bids from prospective developers.
This summer’s botched round provoked fury in the energy indust …
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