'At a crossroads': Community Energy sector warns future at risk from policy changes

James Murray
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Community Energy groups call on government to revive abandoned vision for the sector

It was to be at the heart of the renewable energy revolution. Projects owned and operated by the communities in which they were located would make clean energy accessible to millions of people, boosting...

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