Government confirms £1bn budget for clean power auction, but fears grow over offshore wind target

James Murray
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Experts warn next auction round likely to leave the UK badly off track to meet its target of 50GW of new offshore wind capacity by 2030

The government has today confirmed a record budget for the next clean power contract auction round, as Ministers attempt to revive an offshore wind development pipeline hit by the failure of last summer's...

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