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Why are windfarms turning record profits for the crown estate? – podcast

The Guardian - Energy · Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, additional production by Silas Gray, sound design byTony Onuchukwu, the executive producer is Ellie Bury · last updated

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Why are windfarms turning record profits for the crown estate? – podcast

Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s energy correspondent, Jillian Ambrose, about how offshore windfarms are generating record profits for the crown estate, and why King Charles has asked for the money to be used for the wider public good. She also hears from economist Guy Standing about how the seabed became a source of income for the crown and what it means for our view of the oceans as ‘commons’

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