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"It sounded a load of rubbish" is how Grimsby port chief Martin Boyers remembers reacting to a plan to create a maintenance hub for new offshore wind farms in the depressed city. “I didn’t know anything about renewables."

Offshore wind projects breathe life into struggling UK ports

Environment

The UK’s big push into offshore wind power is bringing down the cost of the low-carbon energy sources, and bringing new life to some down-on-their-luck English ports.

Port Operations head Barry Denness stands in front of massive, newly-minted wind turbine blades at Siemens's new plant in Hull, UK. “(They're) in service for 25 years in the North Sea, not the most hospitable of conditions," he says. "Hence the reason why

What’s fueling Britain’s offshore wind revolution? Technology, subsidies and an old fishing hub.

Environment
Stuffed cat Meggy Weggy with her Unagi Travel tour group in Tokyo.

If you truly loved your teddy bear, you’d send him to Tokyo

Culture