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Steadying the ship: can the Budget help plot a clearer course for energy policy?

16 February 2016 • 5 min read

EEF's Richard Warren looks at how George Osborne could this deliver some much needed stability to the clean energy sector this Spring

All talk within the energy sector at present is of uncertainty. The Energy and Climate Change Committee is in the middle of a major inquiry into the subject of investor confidence, the solar industry is...

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