Wind farm developers hit back at 'excessive subsidy' claims

Will Nichols
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Claims subsidy scheme 'loophole' is being systematically exploited for higher payments are wide of the mark, industry says

The wind industry has rejected claims billpayers could be £400m out of pocket due to a loophole in a wind farm subsidy scheme. Think tank IPPR claimed today the government's Feed-in Tariff scheme, designed...

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