RenewableUK urges government to save small wind projects from green policy axe

James Phillips
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Trade association delivers 3,000 signatures to four government departments in a show of support for small and medium-scale wind generation projects

Over 3,000 people have called on the government to reconsider proposals to limit access to feed-in tariff (FiT) incentives, in a petition handed to four Whitehall departments by trade association RenewableUK...

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