Funding call over energy projects

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Schools, businesses and communities should be given financial support to install medium-sized renewable energy schemes such as wind turbines and solar panels, MPs have urged.

Local schemes could provide cheaper electricity to communities, cut costs for businesses and encourage people to engage with measures to save energy, as well as increase the UK's energy security, the Energy and Climate Change (ECC) parliamentary committee argued.