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Critics Say UK Carbon Scheme Snubs Renewable Energy [1]

A proposed UK scheme designed to force some 5,000 businesses to cut carbon emissions by reducing their energy consumption gives companies no reason to buy renewable energy, critics said on Friday.

"Businesses need greater incentives to demand increased renewable power in their fuel mix, not less," said Jo Butlin, vice president at UK renewable power supplier Smartest Energy.

Publication Date: 
04/05/2009
Michael Szabo [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide [4], Green House Gases [5], Energy Efficiency [6], Renewable Energy [7], Wind Energy [8], Energy [9], Electricity [10], United Kingdom (UK) [11]
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