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		tonyedgecombe 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar power has begun to transform the world’s ene... A lot of the wind projects could be classified as "giant, long-term punts". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsea_Wind_Farm

shawabawa3 3 months ago [–]

What exactly does that mean?

The project you linked to was completed pretty quickly and is supplying 2.5GW to the UK grid

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