'Discriminatory': EU launches WTO challenge over UK's clean energy subsidy scheme

Cecilia Keating
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Wind turbine blades wait to be shipped offshore in Hull | Credit: iStock
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Wind turbine blades wait to be shipped offshore in Hull | Credit: iStock

EU accuses UK of undermining efforts to tackle climate change through its plan to make domestic content a criteria for Contracts for Difference eligibility

The EU Commission has launched a challenge against Britain at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), claiming the UK's proposals to assess levels of local content when handing out contracts to clean energy...

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