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Doubt cast on renewable energy targets

By Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent

Published: August 23 2007 01:57 | Last updated: August 23 2007 01:57

Renewable power is set to grow far more slowly than the government has predicted, according to a new analysis of the UK’s energy mix and greenhouse gas emissions.

It will represent only 5 per cent of the country’s electricity in 2010, up just 1 percentage point from the 4 per cent recorded last year, says a study by consultancy Cambridge Econometrics.

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