PERCHED on the deck of a little fishing trawler 8 kilometres off the north Wales coast, Mike Carter surveys his team’s handiwork. In his 24 years in the energy business Carter has built gas, coal and even nuclear power stations. But nothing has made him as proud as building the UK’s first large-scale offshore wind farm at North Hoyle. He says it is one of the most important projects he has worked on. “My kids finally think I’m cool.”
Last month North Hoyle’s 30 turbines each began pumping, 2 megawatts of power into the national electricity grid, marking the UK’s…
