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  • NigeWick
    NigeWick Posts: 2,714 Forumite
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    The question is, why did the government slash and burn on-shore wind and PV subsidies in 2016, whilst re-affirming the deal for HPC?
    The kind possible answer is stupidity, the not so kind? They were paid off.
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  • lstar337
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    NigeWick wrote: »
    The kind possible answer is stupidity, the not so kind? They were paid off.
    I'm guessing they all sold their shares before ditching the subsidy. Need to make sure they get off the gravy train before the gravy runs dry!
  • Martyn1981
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    NigeWick wrote: »
    The kind possible answer is stupidity, the not so kind? They were paid off.

    I'm very wary of conspiracy theories etc, but there have been some 'odd' things popping up. One of the strangest is the max rate that the government set for PV CfD subsmissions, see the 2013 document page 7.

    These aren't the amount you get, but the max at which a bid can be submitted. The reason suspicions were raised, was because the solar industry suggested £100 falling to about £80, but the government set it at £120 falling to £100. Nobody could think of another example where the government offered more than the industry asked for. The suggestions were that having just announced the HPC deal at £92.50, they didn't want PV and on-shore wind to 'appear' cheaper already. In the 2015 auction they came in at £80/MWh.

    Conspiracies aside, look at the off-shore wind figures, these are very, very good news:

    they start at £155 and fall to £140 for 2018/19 auctions, but the 2015 auctions for delivery in 17 and 18 were £120 and £115 (respectively). Looks like we might see £100 this year, and estimates of £85 by the early 2020's.
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  • Martyn1981
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    Atlantis backs Wyre barrage
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  • NigeWick
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    He's my MP so I've written him a snotty about this. I suggested that we should be more like Norway.

    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-02-06.63246.h&s=speaker%3A10265#g63246.r0
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  • Martyn1981
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    Sadiq Khan: government must pay drivers £3,500 to scrap their polluting diesel cars
    Khan is urging the government to introduce a scrappage scheme, costing an estimated £500m, that would offer incentives to low-income households and businesses to get rid of their older vehicles. He would also like to see the car tax redesigned so that it no longer gives drivers an incentive to choose a diesel car. “The toxic state of our air leaves us with no choice but to rid our city of the most polluting diesel vehicles. It is shocking that nearly half of new car sales in the UK are still diesel vehicles and the national system of vehicle excise duty still incentivises motorists to buy these polluting cars,” Khan said.

    “I’m urging government to immediately review this policy, and today I’ve delivered a detailed report on how it can deliver an effective national diesel scrappage fund. One that both fairly compensates motorists and rapidly helps clean up our filthy air.

    Air pollution causes 50,000 early deaths and £27.5bn in costs every year, according to the government’s estimates, and was called a “public health emergency” by MPs in April.
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  • Alan_Brown
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    On a similar vein, where a technology is being promoted based only on it's carbon footprint rather than on the pollution it emits, it's crazy that the government is subsidizing biomass via the RHI scheme. The amount of pollution emitted by wood burning stoves is horrific.
  • Martyn1981
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    Proposed Nevada bill aims to raise RPS to 80% by 2040
    Assemblyman Chris Brooks, the chair of the energy subcommittee within the Nevada Assembly, has proposed a new bill that would boost the state’s current renewable portfolio standard.

    According to Northern Nevada Business Weekly, the proposed RPS bill would replace the current benchmark for the state — 25% by 2020 — and replace it with the goal of 50% by 2030 and 80% by 2040.

    Go for it! :T
    Mart. Cardiff. 5.58 kWp PV systems (3.58 ESE & 2.0 WNW)

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  • Martyn1981
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    Possibly of more interest to the motoring forums, but thought it worth mentioning:

    London to introduce £10 vehicle pollution charge in October, says Sadiq Khan
    The levy is expected to affect up to 10,000 of the oldest, most polluting vehicles every week day, as it will apply to motorists who own vehicles that do not meet Euro 4 standards – typically those diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006.

    It will operate on top of, and during the same times, as the congestion charge, meaning it will cost £21.50 a day to drive a pre-Euro 4 vehicle in centre London between 7am and 6pm Monday to Friday.
    Mart. Cardiff. 5.58 kWp PV systems (3.58 ESE & 2.0 WNW)

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  • michaels
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    edited 17 February 2017 at 12:43PM
    Do euro 3 petrol vehicles allow lots of NO or particulates?

    Google suggests Euro 3 for petrol is just as tight as euro 4 for diesel for NO and Euro 4 for petrol has no particulate limit.

    Therefore I can't see why if you are mandating Euro 4 for diesels for air quality reasons you would not mandate euro3 for petrol engines? If you were being logical....
    I think....
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