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Minister pledges to adopt renewable heat incentive ...
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The UK government has committed itself to
implementing some form of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) as part of its long-term energy strategy. The commitment forms part
of the government’s first Annual Energy Statement, set out to parliament by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne. Listed as action number 13 of 32
in the document, the pledge states: ‘We will set out detailed proposals for taking forward the government’s commitment to renewable heat through the spending review [in October].’ The government says the
move is designed to accelerate the transformation of the energy network to a low carbon system. Ministers have also decided
to keep the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), but will look to simplify it. Other pledges include publishing proposals for the Green Investment
The government’s first annual energy statement has confirmed plans for the RHI
Bank; increasing the scope and target for producing energy via renewables; and increasing energy from waste projects. Alongside the energy statement,
the government also published its 2050 Pathways Analysis report, which considers some of the choices and trade-offs that the country will have to make over the next 40 years to achieve an 80% reduction in greenhouse gases. Peregrine Fraser, director
at carbon reduction company, Sustain, welcomed the report, adding: ‘The feed-in tariff has been
a good stimulus, encouraging industry to adopt renewable energy, but we would argue that RHI is more important as an instrument for change.’ n The government has also proposed phased support for developers of offshore wind farms. The Department for Energy and
Climate Change suggested that, for large projects, developers should be allowed to register groups of turbines over a period of up to five years, to take account of the long construction periods involved.
www.communities.gov.uk
... as industry warns over delay
The government’s refusal to release detailed information on its planned commitment to renewable heat before October risks the microgeneration industry falling apart, a sector council fears. The Micropower Council states
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in its latest report that jobs are disappearing, investors face a confidence crisis and that ‘the
the Micropower Council, said: ‘The valiant attempts of Chris Huhne and Greg Barker at the Department
government runs the very real risk that a recently built industry will simply fall apart, and be impossible to rebuild quickly enough to meet the country’s climate change and renewable energy targets’. Dave Sowden, chief executive of
for Energy and Climate Change to make progress on microgeneration policy are constantly being thwarted by the Treasury and by the machine taking over from ministers in policy making at DEFRA and CLG. This is distorting the market, costing jobs, spooking entrepreneurs, and causing investors to flee.’
www.micropower.co.uk
News in Brief
New housing benchmark The London Development Agency (LDA) has published a new benchmark for housing design. All housing built on LDA land is expected to meet these standards, and will be applied to schemes qualifying for funding from the London Homes and Communities Agency from April 2011.
www.lda.gov.uk
£5.7bn of BSF contracts lost A survey of 26 councils by Reuters has revealed that builders have lost out on £5.7bn-worth of construction work because the £55bn Building Schools for the Future programme has been scrapped.
www.uk.reuters.com
High street giants advice Marks & Spencer, Tesco and HSBC have all been asked to advise government on how to save energy money across all its departments. They will sit on a cross-government committee looking at how Whitehall’s energy use can be reduced by 10% in a year.
Jobs in sector rise The construction sector saw the biggest rise in jobs in July, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG. Overall demand for staff rose at a slower pace, with the rate of expansion easing to an eight-month low. KPMG described the result as an indication of a sustained recovery.
www.rec.uk.com
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