Onshore wind critical to 2050 net zero goal, energy giants tell ministers

Michael Holder
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Firms including Scottish Power, SSE, EDF, Vestas, Vattenfallm and Siemens Gamesa call on government to end effective 'ban' on new onshore wind in UK

Energy giants including Scottish Power, SSE, EDF and Vattenfall wrote to new Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday urging the government to end its effective 'ban' on new onshore wind farms in the...

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