Greg Clark: The electricity trilemma is almost over

Madeleine Cuff
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Business Secretary heralds new era where 'cheap power is green power', as speech sets out government's new energy policy vision

Business Secretary Greg Clark has today declared that the electricity 'trilemma' - the competing tension between the cost, security and carbon impact of energy - is "coming to an end" thanks to rapid reductions...

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