Coronavirus: How falling power demand is impacting green energy

Michael Holder
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With the pandemic spurring a dramatic drop in economic activity across Europe, electricity, renewables and carbon prices have also plummeted

Much of the European economy is now on some level of lockdown, with citizens and businesses in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and now the UK all forced to curtail their usual habits, stay inside, and wait...

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