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. The changes will make it easier for willing communities to get wind turbines erected in their area, ending highly restrictive ...
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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"By excluding onshore wind from the market, the Government is putting at risk billions of pounds of new investment annually across the UK and making it more expensive to meet its own climate change targets," said RenewableUK's executive director Emma Pinchbeck....
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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, ...
noting its position as the fifth-largest wind asset owner in the UK behind the utilities. He emphasised the positive policy commitments from the new UK government towards accelerating net zero goals, including the lift of the de facto ban on onshore wind farms. Ridley...
But there has been a growing rebellion on the Tory backbenches since he took power calling for it to be lifted. Thefirst signs of a U-turncame in November, and shortly after the Department for Levelling Uplaunched a consultationon local support for onshore wind. ...
Something new in the wind: adapting consent procedures to promote the repowering of onshore wind installations in France and the UKAnalysis & Trends19 February 2021 Our expertise Arbitration Offices Paris Wind turbines have a design life of 20–25 years, meaning that the earliest...