RenewableUK has confirmed that across the entirety of 2022, only two small onshore wind turbines had been developed across England despite “record-breaking” year for offshore wind.
The Welsh Government has launched its first public consultation on a target to deliver 100% of its electricity needs from green energy by 2035 with an extra proposal to target at least 1.5GW of renewable capacity from local sources, excluding heat pumps.
A new poll commissioned by pro-growth campaign group, Britain Remade, showed that 85% of people living in the North East support having onshore wind in their community.
Cornwall Insight Ireland has released its fourth quarterly All-Island Power market Outlook to 2030 revealing that delays to onshore wind investment decisions have “dashed the hopes of prices dipping below historic levels” in Ireland as predicted in its previous report.
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has estimated that the development of 45GW of onshore wind farms would take up 2.1% of the UK’s total land prompting calls to scale the renewable energy technology.
Simon Clarke MP, the former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has received significant support for an amendment to lift the de facto ban on onshore wind farm developments dated 23 November.
In a bid to boost the UK's energy security and its own sustainability portfolio, SSE has revealed it has invested close to four times as much as it made in profits in the first half of its financial year totalling £1.7 billion.
