UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has confirmed the Conservative Party\u2019s controversial plans to stop subsidies for onshore wind farms, claiming it is top of her agenda at the Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC).<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Rudd reiterated the Tories\u2019 manifesto pledge to effectively bring an end to the development of new wind farms on UK land, outlining her hopes for the new measures to come into force by May 2016.<\/p>\n
The Hastings and Rye MP said: “It will mean no more onshore wind farm subsidies and no more onshore wind farms without local community support. This is really important. I\u2019ve already got my team working on it. That\u2019s going to be one of the first things we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Conservatives claim that onshore wind farms often fail to win public support, and are unable by themselves to provide the firm capacity that a stable energy system requires.<\/p>\n
By contrast she also said that millions more homes should have solar panels on their roofs, vowing to \u201cunleash a new solar revolution\u201d across Britain. Ms Rudd indicated she would back the continued expansion of household solar panels, which are subsidised by consumers through levies on energy bills.<\/p>\n
The Coalition government introduced a generous subsidy scheme called the Feed in Tariffs to encourage households to install solar panels, triggering a boom that far exceeded ministers\u2019 expectations and in total about 640,000 homes now have panels installed. While the payments are less generous than they once were, a household can still expect to make thousands of pounds in profit by installing panels meaning they recoup their money within 7 to 8 years and thereafter make profit, according to the Solar Trade Association.<\/p>\n
An interesting statement of intent from this new Government \u2013 early on I think!<\/p>\n
Kind regards <\/p>\n
Paul Hutchens<\/p>\n
Managing Director<\/p>\n
Eco2 Solar Ltd, Worcestershire, England<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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