Three-quarters of people support wind farms but more than a third don’t want them near their homes
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Electricity prices could “dramatically escalate” over the next nine years — possibly by 260 per cent — because of an increase in demand caused by data centres and the switch to renewable energy, according to research.
A study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (Esri) has found that the size of the increase will depend on public acceptance of renewable energy infrastructure, such as wind farms, and to what extent public objections are taken into account as they are built. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/electricity-costs-may-surge-by-260-researchers-warn-w927rlc2p?fbclid=IwAR39gpaDLlf89liBCdu_fugVN2WRCwTF4zJ4JsYsK8mO_bhgHeP6KoR1sEE
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