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GMT interview; UK carbon pricing policy needs “more clarity and rationalisation” – Michael Wilkins, S&P
Publication date: 25 June 2010
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More clarity over carbon pricing in the UK is needed before the private sector will start investing on a large scale in the green energy industry. At the moment, “there are too many policies coming at companies from different angles and that has left a lot of corporations like rabbits staring into headlights,” Michael Wilkins, managing director and global head of carbon markets at Standard & Poor's told Gas Matters Today. “There needs to be more clarity and rationalisation in UK policy to make it easier for companies to comply with carbon emission reduction targets.”