UK govt plans to invest millions on wind power, says PM Boris Johnson

The continuing crisis has pushed other initiatives off the agenda, but green issues remain part of Johnson's plans.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Tuesday that every home in Britain will be powered by wind energy in a decade as the government kick-starts a green industrial revolution'' that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

In a speech to the annual Conservative Party conference, Johnson said the government would invest 160 million pounds ($208 million) in ports and factories to support production of the next generation of wind turbines.

That is a tiny fraction of what it will cost to reach his goal as the U.K. currently gets about one-sixth of its electricity from wind, or enough to power