Green Energy Measures in Pre-Budget Report November 25, 2008
Posted by andrewmcd in Green Energy, UK Energy Policy, UK electricity, UK energy, energy.Tags: alistair-darling, energy, Green Energy, the-budget, UK Energy Policy, UK-electricity. UK-energy
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As most of you will no doubt be aware by now, Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday delivered his pre-budget report. In the midst of the biggest financial crisis for 20 years, Mr Darling announced a series of measures which he belives will kick start the economy back into action.
Of course, our primary interest was in what (if any) green initiatives the Chancellor would deliver in this report. What he eventually announced wasan extra £100m (with a further £50m brought forward) towards properly insulating over 60,000 homes, in an attempt to increase their energy efficiency and lower energy bills. All very laudable we think you’ll agree.
However, we would have loved Mr Darling to take these measures even further. A massive investment in green technologies and initiatives would have been an excellent proposal. The effects of a wide ranging geen initiative such as this would be extensive. As well as creating jobs throughout industrial, manufacturing and service industries, we would be saving the planet at the same time by drastically reducing the UKs Carbon Footprint. Its a win-win scenario, and we feel that in these difficult economic times the general public are looking for radical thinking to get us out of this mess.
We would like to think that the chancellor will take the green energy message onboard further in the budget itself, although we dont hold out much hope.
