The cover of today’s provided additional coverage on the impressive advancements of offshore wind in Europe. “The U.K.'s commitment is driven by stringent European Union targets. To meet them, Britain will have to raise the share of its electricity that comes from renewable sources to about 30% by 2020. It's just 7% now. The U.K. also adopted a "carbon budget" a year ago, committing to reduce emissions to at least 34% below 1990 levels by 2018-2022.” In short, Europe made the commitment. This article goes on to comprehensively depict European offshore wind progress highlighting the issues that plague this industry: regulatory and environmental hurdles, siting and cost
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