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LocalGover nment-Counci lTax

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My powerbel i ev est hef eedi nt ar i f fs c hemehasbeent hei nc ent i v et hats t i mul at ed endus er s ’ i nt er es tandpur c has i ng.Howev er ,i thasnowdonei t sj obandi sno l ongerr equi r ed.Thenex ti mpai r mentt oadv anc i ngr enewabl eener gy ,t hi nk sBen, i st hec ur r entl i mi t at i oni nener gys t or agec apac i t y .TheGov er nmentneedst oc onc ent r at eat t ent i onupons uppor t i ngt hi sar ea.Dedi c at edi nv es t mentandv ol ume s al esar er equi r edt omak et hes amedr amat i cl eapsf or war di nener gyandbat t er s t or aget ec hnol ogyashappenedi nt hepas tdec adef ors ol ar gener at edel ec t r i c i t y .

Las ty ear ,t heUKGov er nmentl aunc hedt heFar adayChal l enget oi nv es t£248 mi l l i oni nt obat t er ydev el opmentc ompani esandi ni t i at i v esbet ween20182022.I n c ompar i s on,Pr es i dentMac r onhasj us tannounc edt heFr enc hGov er nment ’ si nv es t i ng£597mi l l i on( 700mi l l i onEur os )i nt obat t er yc el l manuf ac t ur i ng,whi l s tt he Ger mangov er nmenthasc ommi t t edov er£1, 750mi l l i on( 2bi l l i onEur os )f orbui l di ngbat t er yc el l f ac t or i es .TheGer manGov er nmentof f er ss ubs i di est ohomeowner st oi ns t al l bat t er ys t or age,wi t hI t al yandI r el andpl anni ngt oi nt r oduc et hei rown s c hemes . “ We’ dur get heUKGov er nmentt oc ons i deranongoi ngs ubs i dys y s t em ai medat ac c el er at i ngt hedev el opmentoft henex tgener at i onoft hi st ec hnol ogy .Whoev er di s c ov er st hehol ygr ai l ofener gys t or agewi l l hav edi s c ov er edt hegoos et hatl ay s t hegol deneggandi twoul dbeas i gni f i c antboos tt ot heUKec onomyi fi tc oul dbe aBr i t i s hc ompany . ”s ai dBen. Rel eas ef r om Gr eenSpar kMar k et i ng

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