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2020-2030: A decade of ambition for Northern Ireland's green energy system

Steven Agnew, Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group
clock 18 March 2020 •

Steven Agnew, head of the Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group, reveals how engagement with renewables is evolving fast in the country

"We'll just not do renewables for a while" - that was the attitude of Northern Ireland's Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment towards the closure of the Renewables Obligation Certificate scheme...

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