Clive Jones has stressed the need more wind farms after his visit to a wind farm last week,
The Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Wokingham said: “I was very pleased to be able to visit the Thanet offshore wind farm, which is approximately 10 kms from the Kent Coast near Margate.
“I saw 100 wind turbines and an electricity substation that produces enough clean electricity to supply more than 200,000 homes. That’s more homes than in Wokingham.
“It was very impressive to see the 100 turbines working to create clean energy. The total investment for the project that was opened in 2010 by a Lib Dem Secretary of State for Climate Change, was £780 million.
“When it opened, it was the largest wind farm in the world with 100 turbines around half a mile apart.”
He added that 31.7% of electricity in the UK now comes from wind power.
He added: “This is exactly the type of clean energy that the UK should be encouraging, rather than developing small oil fields in the North Sea that the Conservatives have been advocating recently.”
