Downing Street Says » Wind farms

» Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Wind farms

Responding to questions on the Government’s policy on wind farms, the PMS said the Government was committed to supporting a balanced energy mix, we have provided subsidies to different forms of technologies in order to achieve that balance. We have kept these subsidies under review as the cost of these technologies change, we have reduced the subsidy to onshore wind because it was one of the cheapest forms of renewables. Asked about a speech by the Energy Minister, John Hayes, on wind farms the PMS said John Hayes had said that we are committed to a balanced energy mix. The issue of onshore wind had been a topic of debate because there had been concerns in some communities about the impact of those onshore wind farms. The Prime Minister and the Energy Minister have recognised these concerns which was why we have begun a call for evidence to engage local communtites and examine the future costs for this technology.

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Post a public comment

Name (required)
E-mail (required)
(You must give an email address, but it will not be displayed to the public.)
Website
(You may give your website, and it will be displayed to the public.)

Comments:

This is not a way of contacting the Prime Minister. If you would like to contact the Prime Minister, go to the 10 Downing Street official site.

Privacy note: Shortly after posting, your name and comment will be displayed on the site. This means that people searching for your name on the Internet will be able to find and read your comment.

Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says.