Hundreds of new offshore wind farms are to be built in the UK, John Hutton unveiled in a speech today in Berlin.

Several thousand new turbines located in the seas surrounding the UK would generate over 30 megawatts of clean electricity annually - enough to light every home in Britain by 2020.

According to Hutton, new offshore wind farms constructed by 2020 could contribute a major part in fulfilling the UK's obligation to an agreement reached last spring that EU countries glean 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020.

"Taking the UK's overall renewable energy supplies from less than 2 percent now to our share of the EU-wide 20 percent in 2020 will be a major challenge. We're strongly committed to meeting it," said Hutton."

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