'Scotland has always driven progress': Claire Perry hails Scottish renewables drive

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Minister to praise growing influence of a clean energy sector that employs over 24,000 people

Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry will today hail the Scottish renewables industry as one of the engines of the global low carbon transition. In a keynote speech to the All-Energy Conference...

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