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Communities can use onshore wind cash to cut energy bills now – Trevelyan

Communities that sign up to have onshore wind turbines built in their local area can use the funding involved to slash their energy bills, a Cabinet minister has said. The Prime Minister last week pushed the idea of cutting the bills of households ...

18 May 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Scottish Government urged to increase onshore wind power as survey shows support

Scottish ministers are being urged to set a target of more than double the amount of capacity at onshore wind farms by the end of this decade. Industry body RenewableUK made the plea as it published the findings of new polling showing Scots ...

22 Feb 2022 at 01:25

PM pushes idea of cutting energy bills for people living near onshore wind farms

Boris Johnson has pushed the idea of slashing the energy bills of households living near new wind farms. The issue of onshore wind has reportedly caused a rift around the Cabinet table as ministers look to find ways of weaning Britain off ...

11 May 2022 at 20:55

$Kwarteng: Community consent must lead any decision on fracking or onshore wind$

Kwarteng: Community consent must lead any decision on fracking or onshore wind

Any decision on the role of fracking and onshore wind in the Government’s energy strategy will be made with a “large measure of local consent”, the Business Secretary has said. Speaking ahead of the expected release of the strategy on ...

03 Apr 2022 at 08:25

Communities could be offered lower energy bills to host onshore wind farms

Communities will be offered benefits such as the potential for lower energy bills if they support onshore wind farms in their area under Government proposals. The Government announced the launch of a consultation on Thursday into ...

11 May 2023 at 12:33

Key questions answered on Government plans to relax onshore wind planning rules

Planning permission for onshore wind is to be relaxed, the Government has announced. Ministers set out changes on Tuesday, agreed during passage of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. Here the PA news agency takes a closer ...

05 Sept 2023 at 17:33

UK renewables generated record amount of electricity in 2022, figures show

UK renewables generated a record annual amount of electricity in 2022, new Government figures show. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published statistics on last year’s electricity production, which ...

27 Jul 2023 at 16:16

Liz Truss backs fresh attempt by Tory rebels to end onshore wind ban

Tory MPs including former prime minister Liz Truss are set to launch another attempt to overturn the de facto ban on onshore wind farms after the summer recess. Sir Alok Sharma, the former Cop26 president, on Wednesday ...

19 Jul 2023 at 10:34

Scotland

Government vows to speed up onshore wind farm decisions under new deal

The Scottish Government has pledged to speed up application decisions on new onshore wind farms as part of a deal with the renewables sector. Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray signed the deal on Thursday at the ...

21 Sept 2023 at 16:14

Rishi Sunak ‘set to overturn onshore wind farm ban amid party pressure’

Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to succumb to pressure from party members and overturn his de facto ban on onshore wind farms. The Telegraph reports ministers will release plans that will give councils the right to ...

04 Sept 2023 at 09:45

Sunak warned against ‘fudge’ on any onshore wind ban reversal

Rishi Sunak has been warned against “fudging” the Government’s position on onshore wind. It comes amid reports the Prime Minister is set to overturn the current de facto ban in the face of party pressure. The ...

04 Sept 2023 at 14:04

City

ScottishPower’s supply arm saw profits soar in 2023

ScottishPower saw earnings at its energy supply arm soar last year thanks to a mechanism in the price cap, but the company made a loss in the last six months of the year. The Spanish-owned business said ...

22 Feb 2024 at 10:23

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