U.K. Needs Sea-Turbine Innovation as Farms Flail, Adviser Says
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The U.K. must develop offshore-wind technology faster or risk higher costs, the Carbon Trust said.
Innovations in turbines and the equipment to install, connect and maintain the machines could cut costs for the power they generate by as much as 25 percent by 2020, said Phil de Villiers, head of offshore wind at the adviser to business and government. It currently costs about 150 pounds ($246) a megawatt-hour, he said in an interview in London.