UK WIND GROWTH TO SLOW THROUGH 2030

Mixed messages in delivery plan could harm development of offshore industry and cost thousands of jobs

17 July 2013 (RenewableUK)

“…[RenewableUK] expressed concern about the 2030 scenarios outlined in [the Consultation on the draft Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan]…[Most scenarios] see only a very limited role for development of wind during the 2020s. Based on predicted capacity by 2020 - in all but the high offshore wind scenario - the Government envisages very little additional capacity of both onshore and offshore wind. In some scenarios Government is predicting less wind energy than its existing high end estimate in 2020…” click here for more

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