Electrolux sets 50 per cent renewable energy target for 2020

Madeleine Cuff
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Home appliance firm says it will employ more heat pumps, combined heat and power plants and renewable power technologies to deliver ambitious green energy target by end of the decade

Swedish home appliance giant Electrolux has today unveiled a new target to source half its energy from renewable sources by 2020 as part of its efforts to halve carbon emissions by the end of the decade....

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