Centrica move hits energy security

Concerns about Britain's energy security were fuelled today after British Gas owner Centrica shelved plans worth more than £1.5 billion for two gas storage projects.

The energy giant blamed the Government's decision not to subsidise investment in new gas storage and "weak economics" for axing the projects in East Yorkshire and the North Sea at a cost of £240 million.
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