'The marketplace alone won't deliver': Is the UK lagging on net zero tech innovation?

Michael Holder
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a Highview Power liquid air energy storage facility | Credit: Highview Power
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a Highview Power liquid air energy storage facility | Credit: Highview Power

Think tank Onward calls for 'radical' UK policy push to drive net zero innovation, as World Economic Forum warns a 10-fold increase in tech investment needed worldwide to reach climate goals

The UK is struggling to deliver the levels of innovation, research, and development needed to accelerate the deployment of a host of technologies crucial to the net zero transition over the next three...

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