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Is a cleaner and smarter European electricity system also the cheapest option available?

21 November 2017 •

Is a cleaner and smarter European electricity system also the cheapest option available?

Energy Union Choices consortium report argues more ambitious renewables policies could deliver big emissions cuts while proving far more cost effective than current approaches

The business-end of the UN climate change summit in Bonn last week saw big hitters such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron deliver speeches extolling the virtues of...

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