Auction opportunities: Renewables are mainstream, popular, and cheap, so why hamper onshore project development?

James Murray
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It's been another good week for UK renewables, but the opening of subsidy-free projects cannot mask the barriers to deployment the industry still faces

It has been another remarkable week for the UK renewables industry. Just days after it was confirmed that offshore wind's halving of costs within two years has got the thumbs up from Malcolm Tucker himself,...

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