Renewables industry welcomes Ofgem move to boost grid connection competition

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New rules aim to increase competition between operators offering local grid connections

The renewable energy industry has this week welcomed new rules from Ofgem designed to speed up the process of securing grid connections for new projects, which has long been blamed for delaying the development...

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