Portugal shows Germany the way on low carbon energy

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Will Straw of IPPR explains how wind farms are cutting carbon and energy bills in Portugal

As the Eurozone crisis continues to pour misery onto the people of the Iberian peninsula, the low carbon transition is providing one ray of light. The expansion of renewable power in Portugal, now producing...

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