As it stands, the Energy Bill’s proposal for improving renewables support suffers from a fatal flaw: they will be inadequate to meet the government’s own target for renewable electricity.
Perhaps fortunately, this target has been usurped by the recently announced EU targets for renewable energy. Despite efforts from BERR to minimise the UK contribution, this has initially been set at 15 per cent of our total energy needs by 2020. This will require a rapid…
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