Government fires up £32.5m funding push for industrial green fuel projects

Michael Holder
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Funding to develop alternatives to carbon intensive red diesel fuel comes as Grant Shapps touts ambition to turn UK into 'scale-up capital of Europe'

The government is making £32.5m available to projects and innovations aimed at helping construction, mining, and other industries move away from carbon-intensive red diesel fuel and towards to greener...

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