Independent (UK): The UK has reached a milestone of installing 1 gigawatt (GW) of offshore wind farms — enough to power 700,000 homes. It was achieved this week as two new wind farms off the coast began generating electricity. The UK now has 11 offshore wind farms, with a total of 336 installed turbines, according to the industry body Renewables UK. A further 4GW of offshore wind farms are being constructed or have planning consent and a total of 40GW are at various stages of development. She …