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Gas, wind harvest for UK Cumbrian coast

Published Feb 9, 2007

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A first-ever gas-and-wind-power offshore energy project was launched Friday by U.K. Energy Minister Lord Truscott, as Eclipse Energy’s 30 turbines gear up to generate power for 70,000 homes.

When wind fails, gas from two fields in Morecombe Bay off the Cumbrian coast will kick in to keep an offshore generator going.

 

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