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UK renewable energy subsidies capped at 200m a year
2014-07-24 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A ceiling of 200m a year will be placed on subsidies to some of the major forms of renewable energy from this autumn, affecting the funding of large-scale low-carbon installations from wind and solar farms to biomass-burning power plants. The money will be available under the coalition's new contracts for difference, which subsidise renewable energy companies who offer electricity at a lower rate of carbon emissions than fossil fuel generators, and are paid for by levies on household energy...
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