Reply to post: Re: Pointless laws are pointless

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Jellied Eel Silver badge

Re: Pointless laws are pointless

...although it's twice as expensive as the Doggerbank Offshore Wind Farms.

Don't forget the recent lowball off-shore CfD bids aren't in force yet, so those operators are enjoying a very large windfall given they're selling at current market price. Plus the £14bn a year we're spending subsidising 'renewables'.

As for Hinkley, it's costing double what Hungary are paying, and the taxpayer's being loaded with most of the liabilities. But that deal was 'negotiated' at a time when EDF was pretty much bankrupt.

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