Ireland scraps wind energy exports
Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Apr 14, 2013 - Irish Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte said a plan to send electricity from renewable resources to the United Kingdom won't take place as planned. The Irish government had planned to build more than 2,000 wind turbines by 2020 to send as much as 5,000 megawatts of green energy to the British market. Rabitte said in a statement that more energy trade with the British economy was inevi ... more

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