Subsidy-free onshore wind is great news - but we need other ways to deploy more projects

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If the UK is to meet net zero at least cost it must open up more routes to market for onshore wind, argues RenewableUK's Rebecca Williams

There was good news in the onshore wind sector last week; construction work is underway on what will be one of the UK's first subsidy-free onshore wind farms. The 46MW Crossdykes project in Dumfries and...

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