Onshore wind ban lifted: comment
Rachel Reeves today announced mandatory housing targets and an end to the onshore wind ban.
By Jess Ralston
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Commenting on the lifting today by the new Government on the effective ban on onshore wind [1], Jess Ralston, Head of Energy at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), said:
“British onshore wind is one of the cheapest forms of energy available so the ban had in effect been pushing up bills. More onshore wind means gas power stations are needed less often, reducing the UK’s foreign gas dependency as North Sea output continues its inevitable decline.
“Those who switched their vote from Conservative to Labour or Lib Dem at the election are particularly supportive of onshore wind and solar so this move should certainly chime with them.” [2]
Notes to editors:
1. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-statement-on-onshore-wind/policy-statement-on-onshore-wind
2. New ‘mega poll’: Con to Lab/LD switchers ‘greener’, back greater ambition on climate: https://eciu.net/media/press-releases/2024/new-mega-poll-con-to-lab-ld-switchers-greener-back-greater-ambition-on-climate
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George Smeeton, Head of Communications, ECIU, Tel: +44 (0)7894 571 153, email: george.smeeton@eciu.net