'Avoidable yet deeply harmful failure': The green economy reacts to the latest UK clean power auction results

BusinessGreen staff
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Orbital Marine Power's 30MW tidal energy project near Orkney | Credit: Orbital Marine Power
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Orbital Marine Power's 30MW tidal energy project near Orkney | Credit: Orbital Marine Power

BusinessGreen rounds up all the top reaction to the results of the government's latest Contracts for Difference auction which failed to attract any bids from offshore wind developers

The results of the government's latest auction round for clean power contracts are in. And while there are some bright spots, with around 3.7GW of new solar, onshore wind and tidal energy projects set...

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