ReNewsable Energy Digest #16

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Jul132009

Brit Business Group: Less Wind, More Nuclear

by Deb Powers

Large chunks of our energy infrastructure urgently need replacing, and we have tough climate change targets to meet."

John Cridland, Confederation of British Industry

The blowback begins. In the UK, the Confederation of British Industry, a lobbying group for big business, is warning that incentives for wind energy and other forms of renewable energy are giving an unfair advantage to renewables and discouraging investment in nuclear energy and "clean coal". The organization, which represents the interests of big business including the current energy bigwigs, wants the government to reduce renewable energy targets from 32% to 25% by 2020. It also wants new incentives for investing in nuclear energy and clean coal plants.
Read more: UK's CBI Calls for Energy Policy to Shift Away from Wind