Powering the clean energy transition in the year of economic pessimism

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With the measures set out in the Inflation Reduction Act increasingly drawing investors to the US, the UK should not take its attractiveness for clean energy development for granted, writes RenewableUK's Ana Musat

As the World Economic Forum comes to its close in Davos, governments and businesses are discussing how to contend with a negative economic and geopolitical outlook. The ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine...

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