'Glastonbury's biggest fan': Octopus Energy debuts 'try before you buy' wind turbine

James Murray
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'Glastonbury's biggest fan': Octopus Energy debuts 'try before you buy' wind turbine

Twenty-eight metre tall turbine erected at Festival site to provide clean power to food vendors and demonstrate speed with which onshore renewables can be deployed

Communities across the UK are to be offered the chance to 'try before they buy' new wind turbines, after Octopus Energy today debuted a temporary wind turbine at the site of the world-famous Glastonbury...

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