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Letter: Balance of power

Published 2 July 2014

Indeed, efficiency savings are no substitute for investment in robust, sustainable energy generation. But as our article points out, market-based mechanisms to smooth peaks in demand can help to reduce the cost of that investment – to everyone’s benefit.

Issue no. 2976 published 5 July 2014

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