Government touts £40m funding boost for heavy industry decarbonisation projects

Michael Holder
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BEIS launches second round of grants from Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to support heavy industrial decarbonisation projects

The government is offering £40m of funding to help cut CO2 from the UK's most polluting industries, with businesses in energy-intensive sectors such as pharmaceuticals, steel, paper, and food and drink,...

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