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Pay communities to host offshore wind farms, Leadsom and Rudd urge UK Government
Former Energy Secretaries Dame Andrea Leadsom and Amber Rudd are warning Ministers that plans to dramatically scale up offshore wind across the UK could incite backlash from local communities.
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The pair have issued the warning in a new report from Policy Exchange today (8 July), to which they have written the foreword. Entitled ‘Crossed Wires: Avoiding Local Backlash Against Offshore Wind Farms’, the document argues the case for better community engagement from the UK Government as it strives to deliver an ambition for the nation to host 40GW of offshore wind generation capacity by 2030.
Plans for the Wylfa Newydd power station on Anglesey have been given a boost by a report from the Nuclear APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) which calls for the government to make urgent decisions on the project’s future.
The report – Net Zero Needs Nuclear: A Roadmap to 2024 – says the government should commit to at least one additional nuclear power plant by the middle of 2024.
Wylfa is seen as one of the best nuclear sites in Europe and would be a key contender for this investment. However, Horizon Nuclear Power officially withdrew its planning application for the proposed power station in January.
Carroll told an I-Construct webinar last week that the industry is "in a unique position to contribute to tackling climate change". "Without new nuclear
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