Article 50426 UK government lifts block on new onshore windfarm subsidies

UK government lifts block on new onshore windfarm subsidies

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Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
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Decision comes four years after ministers scrapped support for new projects

The UK has abandoned its opposition to subsidising new onshore windfarms, four years after ministers scrapped support for new projects.

The government will remove a block against onshore wind projects by allowing schemes to compete for subsidies alongside solar power developments and floating offshore wind projects, in a new auction scheme announced on Monday.

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