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Wind Power: Hot Air or Cool Sense?
A big energy company says wind power is more expensive than coal but will get cheaper. Also: why governments shouldn't tell companies and what type of power station they should use.
A big energy company says wind power is more expensive than coal but will get cheaper. Centrica believes financial help from tax-payers and/or consumers will be needed until costs come down. Also: why governments shouldn't tell companies and what type of power station they should use. Professor Dieter Helm of Oxford University warns that governments should not prescribe technologies.
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