Updated: Government carbon rules threaten BT wind farm plans

James S Murray
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BT may scrap plans to build its own wind farm amid fears that regulation would undermine financial viability

BT is rethinking plans for its own £250m wind farm due to concerns that the government's labyrinthine subsidy scheme would prevent the resulting power counting towards BT's reduction in carbon emissions....

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