DECC confirms plan to offer early subsidy certainty for key renewables projects

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Large-scale wind and biomass projects in running to receive investment contracts by the end of the year that would guarantee them 'strike price' support

A handful of proposed large-scale renewable energy projects could secure investment contracts from the government before the end of the year, guaranteeing them a 'strike price' for the electricity they...

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