Green energy contracts too generous, National Audit Office says

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Industry moves to defend contracts for offshore wind and biomass projects against NAO claim they may have inflated costs for consumers

The government may have paid more than it needed to in awarding billions of pounds worth of early contracts for renewable energy projects, the National Audit Office (NAO) will warn today. The independent...

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