Onshore wind: Record high deployment in 2017 but government policy threatens future development, warns RenewableUK

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Anaylsis warns that under existing policy UK could see investment and new capacity coming online drop sharply in 2018 and 2019

The UK experienced record high deployments of onshore wind capacity last year. But far from cracking open the champagne in response to the new data, the industry has instead reiterated that the pipeline...

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