U.K. to Award £100 Billion in Offshore Wind Contracts, an Industrial Info News Alert

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan 06, 2010 -
GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown will this week unveil offshore windfarm contracts worth more than £100 billion ($162 billion). The announcement of the winners of the nation's next generation, or Round 3, of offshore windfarm development will take place in Exeter, and represents the largest offshore undertaking in the world. Round 3 installations will top 25 gigawatts (GW) across nine U.K. locations. All of the planned windfarms are considerably larger than any windfarms being built today and will help create up to 60,000 jobs.

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