2009Aug23: The UK coal industry received £52.8m of subsidies from the government between 2003 and 2009, while the UK renewable energies industry received £2.3m of subsidies from the government between 2004 and 2009 (UK Guardian, 2009).
Reference: UK Guardian. 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/23/coal-wave-power-energy
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