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Hinkley will leave Britain behind the curve on energy policy

Tom Burke, E3G

27 September 2016 • 6 min read

There are faster, cheaper, cleaner and smarter ways than Hinkley to deliver low-carbon electricity, argues E3G's Tom Burke

Hinkley is a 20th Century solution to a 21st Century problem. Bigger is no longer better. There are faster, cheaper, cleaner and smarter ways to deliver affordable, secure, low carbon electricity to Britain's...

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