Report: UK must tackle high electricity costs to deliver low carbon industry transformation

Stuart Stone
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Aldersgate Group urges government to use forthcoming industrial policy decisions to create 'right environment' for driving industrial decarbonisation at scale

Capitalising on the multi-billion-pound economic opportunity that comes with decarbonising Britain's heavy industry will hinge on the government successfully tackling high electricity costs, boosting resource...

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