Government removes ban on onshore wind development in England (www.newcivilengineer.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Wanderer@lemm.ee to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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The government has announced the immediate lifting of the de facto ban on onshore wind development in England, among other actions to speed up planning decisions.

The move, announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in her first major speech since taking office, has been made as it sets a commitment to double the capacity of onshore wind in Britain by 2030 and boost energy independence.

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[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The market is really hamstrung at the moment for building in the UK. Also the government is really hamstrung by itself.

Freeing up the ability to build generation, transmission, housing and transport is going to be great for the UK.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago

Yeh, hopefully the new government enables building for humans and the environment.
As opposed to the "fuck the environment, build for companies" that we have had for a while.

One of the biggest improvements will be better contract allocation. Like not giving a ferry contract to a company that doesn't have, hasn't run and does not plan to run any ferries. Or whatever the fuck HS2 was supposed to be other than a government funded land grab. And COVID was a turbulent time for everything, but the fucker of contracts and waste should never be repeated.

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