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Full article: RWE npower shows continued commitment to green energy solutions (17-Aug-07)

RWE npower has signed a major contract with Siemens Power Generation to supply and install turbines for the 90MW Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm scheme which should be fully operational by mid-2009. The £190 million offshore wind farm and neighbouring wind farm North Hoyle, will eventually produce enough clean, green electricity every year for over 100,000 homes and prevent the release of around 410,000 tonnes of CO2 every year. Plans for the wind farm also include using the power for major UK businesses, including BT and Marks and Spencer, and supply green electricity to UK venues such as Wembley Stadium.

Malcolm Wicks, Minister for Energy, comments: “Offshore wind farms can make a real contribution to the UK’s renewable electricity targets and we want to see more of them. We backed Rhyl Flats with a £10 million capital grant."

The company has also applied for consent for a third offshore wind farm at Gwynt-y-mor, off the coast of North Wales which could become one of the biggest wind farms in the world with a capacity of 750MW. They have also pledged £100m for several onshore wind farm projects including Little Cheyne Court in Kent and Knabs Ridge in Yorkshire.