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Green Investment Bank makes £5m biomass commitment

20 May 2013 •

Injection into private fund mobilises a further £5m for project replacing inefficient heating systems with biomass boilers

A Green Investment Bank-backed fund has injected £10m into a project to replace inefficient heating systems with biomass boilers. The Green Investment Bank (GIB) announced late last week that it has...

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