UK government lifts block on new onshore windfarm subsidies
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from on (#50426)
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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