Business GENERATING power through onshore wind farms will be cheaper than through new gas projects by 2020, according to a leading lobby group. But the Northern Ireland Renewable Industry Group (NIRIG) said that would only be possible through if “appropriate policy and regulatory conditions” were in place. The body is holding its annual conference in Belfast today. It is using the occasion to call for certainty over the north’s energy policy which it said is…
Northern Ireland wind energy ‘cheaper than gas generation’ by 2020
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