Whatever happened to the 'hidden costs' of renewables?

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ECIU's Richard Black spells out why this week's Aurora Energy Research report into the hidden cost of renewables is the most important energy story this year

On Tuesday, after reading Aurora Energy Research's report on the costs of adding solar power to the grid, I tweetedthat I'd just read the most important energy story of the day. After a bit more thought,...

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