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Waste
Taxpayer bails out Europe’s biggest waste-to-energy scheme in Manchester
The Treasury today stepped in to rescue a £635m waste-to-energy project in Greater Manchester, the largest such project in Europe. The scheme, being funded under the private finance initiative, had stalled after banks refused to lend enough to complete it.
Future of low carbon energy / In The News / Taxpayer bails out Europe’s biggest waste-to-energy scheme in Manchester