Go ahead for £2bn offshore windfarm off North Wales coast

Construction work will begin next year on one of the largest offshore windfarms in the world, the two billion pound Gwynt y Môr windfarm, it has been announced.

It will incorporate 160 wind turbines 10 miles off the north Wales coast near Colwyn Bay and Llandudno and it’s claimed 1,000 jobs could be created in relation to the supply of components and its construction which is expected to be completed in 2014.

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