Plans to exclude generators from RO leave industry 'flummoxed'

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Government proposals would leave green energy projects between 50kW and 5MW dependent on support from feed-in tariffs

Industry figures have professed themselves "flummoxed" at government proposals to block green energy installations smaller than 5MW from the Renewables Obligation (RO) subsidy scheme. Alongside new...

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