7,000 New Wind Turbines

Plans to erect 7,000 new wind turbines will be unveiled by the governmenttoday, but industry experts are concerned they have not been thoughtthrough. Sue Ion, vice-president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, saidthe engineering problems had been "totally underestimated, if accounted forat all". The government's drive to increase the energy generated byrenewables will generate 160,000 new jobs, Gordon Brown, prime minister willannounce today. But the Department for Business admitted yesterday that manyof these would be abroad.

Published: June 26 2008 03:00
Fiona Harvey and Jim Pickard
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008