Davey: UK grid can cope with England World Cup victory

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Ed Davey's speech to the Economist Energy Summit - in full

Let me start today by asking you to take a risk and make a bet. On England making it to the world cup final. And then winning. Far, far too unlikely, you might say. Unimaginable? Perhaps. Not...

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