If the UK is to secure enough low cost power capacity to meet its carbon emissions targets,new onshore wind turbines will be needed to replace older wind farms-so says a new report: Onshore Wind: The UK's Next Generation from trade association RenewableUK. The report warns that more than 8 GW of onshore wind-which currently generates nearly a fifth of the UK's renewable power output-could be retired over the next two decades,and that new policies are needed to support replacing,or repowering,these older onshore wind farms.
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