Amber Rudd: 250 onshore wind farm projects 'unlikely' to be built

James S Murray
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Industry extremely concerned that none of the new Contracts for Difference will be available to onshore wind following ROCs ban

The scale of the impact on the onshore wind industry of the government's controversial decision to end subsidies for new projects was laid bare yesterday, as energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd...

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