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Dong Energy is to go ahead with building the Walney II offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea following the UK government's increase in funding of green-energy projects.

Dong Energy is to go ahead with building the Walney II offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea following the UK government's increase in funding of green-energy projects, which chancellor Alistair Darling announced in the budget on 23 April.

Electricity-supply companies currently receive 1.5 Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) for every megawatt hour (MWh) of energy that they buy from offshore wind farms, which they can then sell on. Under the chancellor's plans, this will rise to two ROCs for the financial year 2009-10 and fall back to 1.75 ROCS in 2010-11.

Dong Energy confirmed that the British government's announcement to increase offshore support to two ROCs provided the impetus for it to commence construction of the wave farm.

Walney II will be located close to the company's Walney I offshore wind farm, for which planning has already been completed. Both will be located in the Irish Sea, 15km off the north-west coast of England.

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