The government has announced the UK’s biggest ever expansion of offshore wind in a bid to lower household bills over time. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband hailed the move - enough to power the equivalent of 12 million homes - as a “monumental step” towards the country’s clean energy goal. He went on: “Clean, homegrown, power is the right choice for this country to bring down bills for good and this auction will create thousands of jobs throughout Britain.” But critics claimed the process, in which