Business Green: The coalition government is likely to face an early test of its commitment to the renewable energy sector after the company behind plans for the UK’s first commercial-scale geothermal power plant revealed this week that it is likely to require government funding to move forward with the project. Cornwall-based GeoScience has developed plans for a pilot project near Redruth that would see three bore-holes drilled to depths of around 4,500 metres. According to Peter Ledingham, …