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UK Government Scraps 250 Wind Farms As Subsidies Are Axed
Large swathes of the British countryside are to be spared the blight of windfarms by the axing of taxpayer subsidies, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has revealed. She said about 2,500 proposed turbines in 250 projects are now “unlikely to be built”. Ms Rudd said: “We are reaching the limits of what is affordable, and what the public is prepared to accept.” –John Ingham, Daily Express, 23 June 2015
Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Forum, which argues that many anti-climate change measures are too costly, said: “This announcement is a move in the right direction but it is a bit schizophrenic. The Government is phasing out subsidies for onshore wind but they are still subsiding offshore turbines which are twice as expensive. This will not reduce the overall cost for renewables because that was agreed by the coalition Government a year ago. Under the Levy Control Framework subsidies for renewables will double from £4billion now to about £8billion in 2020.” –John Ingham, Daily Express, 23 June 2015
Source: http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/uk-government-scraps-250-wind-farms-as-subsidies-are-axed.html
