'Landmark moment': Muirhall Energy breaks ground on what it hopes will be Scotland's first subsidy-free onshore wind farm

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Project could be the first to be subsidy-free in Scotland, though developer calls on UK government to allow the sector to bid in energy auctions

Construction of what could be Scotland's first ever subsidy-free onshore wind farm began today, in what the Scottish Government claimed is a "landmark moment" for onshore wind in Scotland. Developers...

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