Greenpeace on cuts to renewable support schemes

Last edited 4 December 2013 at 11:32am
4 December, 2013

Responding to the Government's announcment on renewable energy strike prices, Greenpeace Policy Director Doug Parr said:

“Today’s cuts to onshore wind and solar support schemes show how quickly the cost of clean energy technologies are falling. Onshore wind farms will power our homes and factories more cheaply than new nuclear stations (1), and the same is expected of solar.

"Given the increasing affordability of these renewable energy sources, it’s right Ministers should now put emphasis onto helping drive down the cost of offshore wind so that the UK can reap the rewards of new turbine factories and thousands of new jobs.”

 (1) https://twitter.com/CarbonConnectUK/status/408175418768760833/photo/1

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