Renewable energy companies are harbouring serious concerns about the lack of lip service that has been paid to the UK renewable industry in this year’s election campaigns, according to a survey by the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
The Energy Networks Association, mouthpiece for the distributed network operators (DNOs) who maintain and operate the UK’s energy infrastructure, has outlined 10 priority areas for the next government.
UK homeowners applied for £2.5 million worth of support for energy improvement measures under the Green Deal in a record week for the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC).
The Labour Party has pledged to work with the renewables sector and provide a stable policy environment in its new ‘Green Plan’ document, launched this morning.
The Liberal Democrats are aiming to stimulate at least £100 billion of private investment in the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure and want a third of the UK’s energy demand to be met from renewable sources by 2020.
