European Union Is Increasingly Turning to Wind Power, Report Shows

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By Yale Environment 360Jul 24, 2015, 12:20 pm231 pts
The European Union met 8 percent of its electricity demand with wind power last year, up from roughly 7 percent in 2012, Wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands according to a report by the Joint Research Center, the European Commission's in-house science service. That's equal to the combined total…

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