2030 clean power goal a 'substantial challenge', energy experts warn

Cecilia Keating
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DESNZ Secretary Ed Miliband visits Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm on 11 July | Credit: Flickr, Number 10
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DESNZ Secretary Ed Miliband visits Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm on 11 July | Credit: Flickr, Number 10

New analysis details how meeting Labour's clean power target depends on a huge ramping up of clean energy development

The UK is currently badly off track to meet the new government's 100 per cent clean power by 2030 target, with a new analysis suggesting solar and wind projects are on course to account for less than half...

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