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UFU 'frustrated' with government plans for renewable electricity scheme

The Ulster Farmers鈥� Union (UFU) has dismissed a document setting out the Department for the Economy鈥檚 (DfE) plans for a Renewable Electricity Support Scheme

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UFU 鈥榝rustrated鈥� with governments plans for renewable electricity scheme
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UFU 鈥榝rustrated鈥� with governments plans for renewable electricity scheme

The UFU say policy objectives are focused solely on large scale renewable electricity producers to the disadvantage of farmers as smaller scale electricity generators. William Irvine, UFU deputy president...

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