Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, responding to the announcement that support for onshore wind is to end one year early, said:

“Renewable energy investment was undermined by the mixed messages of David Cameron’s last government and sadly that looks set to continue.

“Onshore wind is the cheapest and most developed form of clean energy and there are 1,000 projects whose investment plans could be affected by the latest moving of the goalposts. Ministers need to make clear which projects exactly the grace period will apply to.

“We already know the government is on course to miss a key renewables target, and not only do these knee-jerk changes affect onshore wind, they dampen confidence across the renewable sector.”

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