A triple test for clean tech innovation

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Claire Perry's speech to the yesterday's Rushlight Cleantech Conference - in full

Since I last spoke to you, just starting out at the department in June, a great deal has changed, and we have made real progress towards the goal of an economy built around clean growth. We launched...

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