Decarbonised power: advisor criticises pace of delivery

Decarbonised power: advisor criticises pace of delivery – Friends of the Earth reaction

Responding to today’s report by the Committee on Climate Change criticising the UK government over the slow pace of delivering a decarbonised power system, Friends of the Earth’s head of policy, Mike Childs, said:

“This is a damning assessment of government progress on building a secure, homegrown and green energy system.

“Ministers must up their game if the UK is to deliver on legally binding carbon reduction targets and provide householders and businesses with clean, affordable energy.

“They should start by rapidly removing the barriers to onshore wind, cranking-up the development of offshore wind and reforming the unfair windfall tax on renewable energy companies which will drive investors overseas.“