lb81billion in new spending is proposed by then, with all but 17 of the schemes brand new developments. While not all of them will become reality, it does mark a distinct change in the level of priority given to generating green energy on these shores.
This is good news; secure and low carbon technologies need to increase as a percentage of our energy mix. That said, given the often frenzied nature of debate around renewables in the UK, it means there will likely be plenty of ongoing heated debate for the next decade and beyond. With these figures illustrating beyond doubt that clean energy is an increasing priority, it's to be hoped that ultimately, low carbon forms of energy generation become far more normalised, and less polarising.
The figures do suggest that despite the political to and fro, government incentives are having the desired effect of boosting industry interest in building new green energy capacity. In contrast, the effects of uncertainty at policy level can be seen clearly in Australia, where a shift in political attitude to energy and climate change issues has seen renewable energy companies hit hard.
Of course it's always important to increase the wider benefits of renewable energy to the communities new projects serve. This is the intention behind a new incentive which offers local people to buy a stake in energy projects nearby, for as little as lb5. Five to 25 per cent of local schemes must be offered to local communities in this manner. Denmark, which recently had its own space on this blog, has been running a similar offer for over twenty years with some success. Hopefully this leads to people really seeing themselves as part of a renewable energy makeover of the UK.
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Origin: energy-technologies.blogspot.com
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