UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband on Thursday announced the creation of an Onshore Wind Industry Taskforce to help the government meet its ambition of doubling onshore wind capacity by 2030. The taskforce will group government, industry, regulatory and other relevant organisations in a bid to accele...
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The UK government's proposed changes for onshore wind are too limited and do not address the "de facto ban" that has been placed on the sector, says RenewableUK, the UK's main renewable energy trade group. The trade group's Head of Onshore Wind James Robottom said: "We will still ...
The Estonian and Latvian TSO’s investigate the possibilities to invest in an offshore grid - UK’s total pipeline of onshore wind projects rises to 33GW - Industry urges UK Government to set new target to double UK onshore wind capacity by 2030 - ...
The share of wind power in total power generation in UK reached 31.94% on September 18 and thus wind farms again ranked as the number-one source of electricity in the country.
In order to meet its target of a clean electricity system in five years, the government said last year it wanted the UK by 2030 to have 43-50GW of offshore wind, 27-29GW of onshore wind and 45-47GW of solar power. At present, the UK has 14.7GW of offshore wind, 15.7GW of on...
“The country’s 2030 emissions reduction target is at risk. The new Government has an opportunity to course-correct,” Chair at CCC Piers Forster said. The committee as listed 10 recommendations which include: Offshore wind installations need to triple, onshore wind installations should double, ...
The UK government eased a de facto ban on onshore wind in England on Tuesday, after growing pressure from environmental campaigners and some ruling Conservative lawmakers.
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