Protests inflate green power prices
28 August 2012
Purchasers face rising renewable energy prices if local authorities cave in to anti-wind farm pressure, according to the head of the CIPS energy committee.
“Many large-scale wind farm projects are getting to the planning stage and the ‘not-in-my-backyard’ groups are coming out to fight them,” said Ian Dobson.
Demand is already exceeding supply and the government may not hit its target of having electricity suppliers offering 10 per cent of their output from renewable sources by 2010.
Wind power is the...