UK's attractiveness to renewables investors has plummeted, warns influential report

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Wave of clean energy policy announcements forces UK out of the top 10 in EY's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index for the first time.

The UK has for the first time dropped out of the top 10 in the influential Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), following the government's controversial plans to slash a host of clean...

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