Renewables subsidies: the importance of investment in driving clean energy production

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With hundreds of green energy companies facing the prospect of entering administration as a result of the withdrawal of subsidies, Peter Rolton argues government cuts could hurt the economy

At the start of the coalition in 2010 we were promised "The Greenest Government Ever", and the push towards developing the renewables industry certainly seemed to support the notion. Yet it now seems people...

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