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Offshore wind subsidies – politics or economics?

ANALYSIS: If giant offshore windfarms require price support mechanisms to be viable, the incoming Government will not be keen.

An offshore wind farm in the North Sea, off the UK coast.

Tim Hunter Fri, 27 Oct 2023

Subsidy is a dirty word. It signifies a tainting of pure commerce, a distortion of markets, a corruption of values.

Like cigarettes, the addictive rush of subsidies can feel good in the short term, but in the long run they are toxic. The subsidised economy is a grey, unfit, spluttering creature who

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Tim Hunter Fri, 27 Oct 2023
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