Greg Barker: Crowd funding key to renewables revolution

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EXCLUSIVE: Climate change minister praises "incredibly powerful" funding model, and reveals government is to host a roundtable on how to expand the sector

Climate change minister Greg Barker has hailed the huge potential for crowd-funding to accelerate the development of low-carbon generation capacity and establish a new decentralised energy system. The...

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