After a two-hour boat trip from Lowestoft, a seaside town on the east coast of England, giant wind mills more than 500 feet high loomed out of the mist like enormous sea creatures. High atop the towers, technicians in helmets and red-and-black protective suits were visible, fine-tuning the machines and hooking them up to the British power system. Britain has been under various stages of lockdown since March, but work on this wind farm, called East Anglia One, has charged ahead. But early on, the companies behind the 2.5 billion pound ($3.1 billion) project weren’t so sure. As the coronavirus was gathering momentum across Europe, managers called a one-day halt in late March to consider whether pushing forward made sense.

Source: New York Times June 30, 2020 09:00 UTC