DfT Proposals Risk Investing £1bn In The North-East

James Court, Head of Policy & External Affairs at the Renewable Energy Association has commented on the consultation of the DfT proposal. He said:

“Whilst it is positive that the industry will now have some long sought after policy certainty, the proposed indiscriminate capping of fuel crops could condemn over a £1 billion of assets of our members.

“The move to include a new sub-target for biomethane, hydrogen and aviation fuels is welcome, but the truth is that the targets are disappointingly low and will mean that over 90% of our fuel use for decades to come will come from polluting fossil sources. It is crucial that genuinely sustainable biofuels are encouraged, something the UK was leading on and we could now see stagnation of plants at best, closure at worst.