Comments on: Pssst! Wanna Buy Some Green Energy?

By: Pete Smith

Pete Smith — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:14:59 +0000

Probably a combination of things: more relaxed planning, land prices, labour costs.
I wonder who gets to use the electricity.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:52:02 +0000

Yes, that is silly if it’s being caused because of planning backlog in the UK.

By: Pete Smith

Pete Smith — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:38:50 +0000

And companies like REH who should be investing in the UK’s generating capacity are buying wind farms in Poland.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:17:29 +0000

So, two government policies, the Climate change levy (demand for renewable based electricity) & the Renewables obligation (the supply of) are not working at the same speed. Hardly surprising really, the latter involves huge building projects and the former is only an economic instrument on paper.