Manufacturers call for more government action to grow energy efficiency and demand side response

Madeleine Cuff
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EEF says greater policy support could enable manufacturers to shave 14 per cent off electricity consumption by incentivising energy efficiency measures

Some of the UK's largest manufacturing organisations have today called on the government to step up support for energy efficiency and demand response in order to drive down energy use across UK industries....

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