'Major wake up call': Vattenfall halts 1.4GW offshore wind farm project over cost fears

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Vattenfall

Industry calls on government to urgently review offshore wind contracts as 40 per cent cost increase forces Vattenfall to pause scheme that is set to power 1.5 million homes

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has today announced it is halting the development of its 1.4GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project and reviewing further projects planned for its Norfolk Zone that were...

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