Miliband plots "local energy revolution"

James S Murray
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New proposals designed to provide a boost to community-scale, council-operated renewable energy schemes

Energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband will this week outline plans to kick-start a "local energy revolution" that will make it simpler for local councils to generate and sell energy back to the...

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