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The Guardian - UK
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Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Uk windfarm red tape to cost billpayers 1 5bn a year say analysts - Caught on Camera

United Kingdom ECIU
A windfarm off Redcar
By limiting the number of new windfarms, bills are kept higher, according to analysts. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

New offshore windfarms will be strangled by government red tape, costing UK billpayers £1.5bn a year, an analysis has found.

The latest government auction for new offshore windfarms, due to be completed in September, could result in few projects making it through Treasury rules, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), a non-profit organisation.

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