Energy companies are asking for £2 billion in ‘state aid’ to kickstart building work on large offshore wind farm projects.
The £3 billion London Array in the Thames Estuary and Npower’s £2.2 billion Gwint y Mor off the coast of Wales are both held off as the cost of building them has doubled in the past [...]
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Wind projects seek £2bn to kickstart projects
11pc of global skyscraper projects stalled
Work has stopped on as many as 142 skyscraper projects around the world, or 11 per cent of a total of 1,324.
The figures come from Emporis, a German company which tracks development worldwide.
“When everybody’s feeling buoyant and they all think they’re going to be billionaires overnight, that’s when these ‘biggest’ plans come about. If you get [...]
