The Lib Dems have big plans to rebuild the battered national economy in a darker shade of green.
This would include redistributing £3.1bn of public spending currently 'wasted' to fund offshore wind energy, energy efficiency in buildings and a scheme to bring quarter of a million empty homes back into use.
The plan includes the widely-reported intention of converting ailing shipyards to manufacture wind turbines and to offer cash back to home owners investing in measures to improve the energy efficiency of their properties.
Schools will also be offered interest-free loans to improve their energy performance in a move portrayed as protecting budgets meant for learning from being spent on meeting the obligations of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).
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