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UK opening for turbines excites Windflow

19 Nov 2010

Moves by the British Government to encourage the development of small-scale renewable energy through feed-in tariffs are a golden opportunity to get into that market, says New Zealand’s Windflow Technology.


The Christchurch-based company is in the middle of a rights offer to raise capital for a sales drive into Britain.



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