The publicly owned company will then keep a stake in the project, using the proceeds either to return money to the government or to invest in further energy projects in the future. Some of the returns however will be used to fund the royal family, which the crown estate was set up for.
Offshore wind to power 20m homes within five years, Starmer to pledge
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