{"id":1259804,"date":"2023-08-07T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/uk-offshore-wind-at-tipping-point-as-funding-crisis-threatens-slashdot\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T19:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:16:00","slug":"uk-offshore-wind-at-tipping-point-as-funding-crisis-threatens-slashdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/uk-offshore-wind-at-tipping-point-as-funding-crisis-threatens-slashdot\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Offshore Wind at &#039;Tipping Point&#039; as Funding Crisis Threatens &#8230; &#8211; Slashdot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- newscabal uk text -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3688094655\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"fhbody-171561280\">\n<div id=\"text-171561280\" class=\"p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tBritain faces being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/aug\/05\/uk-offshore-wind-at-tipping-point-as-funding-crisis-threatens-industry\">left with no hope<\/a> of meeting its crucial climate crisis goals and losing its status as a world leader in offshore wind energy without an urgent overhaul of government support, ministers are being warned. From a report:<i> The sudden halting of one of the country&#8217;s biggest offshore windfarm projects last month could signal a &#8220;tipping point&#8221; in the construction of new sites unless ministers intervene, a number of senior energy industry figures told the Observer.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>They warn that a swathe of new projects, which Britain is relying on to meet key climate targets, could also become economically unviable under the existing regime. 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