New life for old tech in green future

China keen to learn from British example about generating electricity

Angus McNeice reports from the part-Chinese-owned Dudgeon wind farm, off the east coast of England, on a technology that is being mastered in the UK but coveted by China.

It's 10:30 on a weekday morning in March and the United Kingdom is generating 40.2 gigawatts of electricity to serve the needs of 65 million people.