UK renewables face subsidy battle under electricity market reforms

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UK renewables set to compete for support under plan to drive £110bn of investment and create 200,000 green jobs

The government has today unveiled a final package of measures showing how it plans to drive up to £110bn of private sector investment into the UK electricity sector by 2020 and support over 200,000 green...

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