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United Kingdom: 250 onshore windfarms will be scrapped as taxpayer subsidies axed
2015-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: She said about 2,500 proposed turbines in 250 projects are now unlikely to be built. The Renewables Obligation subsidy for new onshore wind farms is being scrapped a year early from April next year. Ms Rudd said this would save consumers cash by avoiding a surplus of state-funded windfarms and by helping newer green technologies compete. Ms Rudd, who has also announced plans to give local communities the final say over windfarms, said: We are reaching the limits of what is affordable, and what...
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