U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday criticised the British government’s energy policy with a demand the country “open up” the ageing North Sea oil and gas basin and get rid of wind farms.
The North Sea is one of the world’s oldest offshore oil and gas basins where production has steadily declined since the start of the millennium. At the same time, it has become one of the world’s largest offshore wind regions.
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