Green Gas Levy: Government to fund green gas plants with CO2 tax on gas suppliers

Cecilia Keating
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Government consults on plan announced in Budget to raise levy on gas suppliers in England, Scotland and Wales to fund biomethane plants

Plans to levy a carbon tax on UK gas suppliers in order to fund the construction of biomethane 'green gas' production plants that can decarbonise home heating have been launched for consultation by the...

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