Government must explain removal of support for onshore wind, advisers say
by Fiona Harvey from on (#CV3V)
Lords Deben and Krebs say end of subsidies is political step by government, which must explain cost and what will be done instead to meet targets
The government must explain how its withdrawal of support from onshore windfarms will affect the cost of meeting greenhouse gas emissions targets, and urgently set out plans for alternative electricity generation, its statutory advisors on climate change have said.
One of the first policy announcements from the incoming Conservative government was that support for onshore windfarms would be withdrawn from 2016, and planning procedures put in place that will make it much harder for any new windfarms to be brought forward.
