Further cuts coming to green energy subsidies

3rdRock · Post by **3rdRock** » 19 Jul 2015, 10:56

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33564444

Green taxes are set to be cut further, the BBC has learnt.

A cabinet source has said that a "big reset" on subsidies paid by consumers, which push up household energy bills, is coming in the autumn.

"There is a hardening view in the cabinet that we've got to deal with green subsidies," the source added.

Last month, the government announced that new onshore wind farms would be excluded from a subsidy scheme from April next year.

Within a few weeks, the solar power industry is expecting its subsidies will be cut.

The issue of renewable energy subsidies was discussed at the weekly meeting of the government's most senior ministers on Tuesday.

3rdRock · Post by **3rdRock** » 23 Jul 2015, 19:10

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ ... green-deal

Government kills off flagship green deal for home insulation

Flagship scheme to insulate homes to end as government blames low take-up and stops funding of company set up to issue home improvement loans.

Post by **clv101** » 23 Jul 2015, 20:05

No bad thing, Green Deal was hopeless.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 23 Jul 2015, 20:27

clv101 wrote:No bad thing, Green Deal was hopeless.

Which we told them before they started it, largely because the interest rate charged on the loans was far too high, unlike in Germany where it was 0.5% above base rate.

The crime is not today's scrapping of a rubbish implementation of a good idea but that the implementation has not been improved. In fact they've done nothing.

BTW did you see that Amber Rudd said nuclear energy provided “a different type of electricity”?

http://mollymep.org.uk/2015/07/22/mep-c ... -industry/

cubes · Post by **cubes** » 23 Jul 2015, 22:15

It is a different form of electricity - a more expensive form!

raspberry-blower · Post by **raspberry-blower** » 23 Jul 2015, 23:06

biffvernon wrote:
BTW did you see that Amber Rudd said nuclear energy provided “a different type of electricity”?

It's called White Elephant Energy. It takes ages to construct, cost an absolute fortune to build, take years through the planning process and then gets shelved before it becomes operational

3rdRock · Post by **3rdRock** » 23 Jul 2015, 23:23

Shocking!

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 24 Jul 2015, 01:42

Here come all the live wire jokes!!!

3rdRock · Post by **3rdRock** » 24 Jul 2015, 09:44

kenneal - lagger wrote:Here come all the live wire jokes!!!

09.45am. A neutral response so far Ken.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 24 Jul 2015, 09:57

Sigh. They've all been done here on PS. Don't get my soul annoyed.

3rdRock · Post by **3rdRock** » 24 Jul 2015, 23:07

That's me grounded then.

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 25 Jul 2015, 05:06

Hasn't sparked a response so far.

3rdRock · Post by **3rdRock** » 25 Jul 2015, 12:11

I do wish Rudd and her colleagues would stop arcing on about nuclear power though.

It's time they stopped demonstrating their resistance to renewable sources of energy.