Energy Bill fails to give the right answers
The draft Energy Bill has failed to provide sufficient clarity of the govenrment's plans for electricity market reform (EMR), with full details on some aspects unlikely to materialise until 2014
Several measures outlined in the 307-page Bill are designed to encourage investment in low-carbon energy generation. These include: a new system of long-term contracts – feed-in tariffs with contraContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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