{"id":5187,"date":"2019-08-16T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T15:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:16:29","slug":"climate-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/climate-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Targets &#8211; MPs Join Calls for Onshore Wind Policy Overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of 130 MPs has called on Boris Johnson to alter the UK&#8217;s planning and energy policies to better support the growth of onshore wind.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent to the Prime Minister this week, the MPs state that \u201conshore wind energy is vital to our aim of achieving our onshore wind energy is vital to our aim of achieving our climate targets at least cost and the inspiring vision of a before-2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target\u201d. At least cost and the inspiring vision of a before-2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The document highlights the decision taken by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in 2015 to exclude onshore wind assets from the Government\u2019s Contracts for Difference (CfD) process \u2013 a move which industry body\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edie.net\/news\/10\/Policy-set-to-stifle-UK-onshore-wind--despite-record-breaking-year-for-installations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RenewableUK claims<\/a>\u00a0will stifle future growth in installations \u2013 as one which should be overturned on the road to net-zero.<\/p>\n<p>It goes on to argue that the National Planning Policy Framework should be amended to help the uptake of small onshore arrays with a capacity of 5MW or less. At present, such developments are subject to different and more lengthy process than other renewable and low-carbon projects. Moreover, the development of these small projects can be halted by one formal objection.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edie.net\/news\/10\/MPs-join-calls-for-onshore-wind-policy-overhaul\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/\">Boston Renewables<\/a> welcomes the possibility of a revision to the NPPF for onshore wind turbine development and hitting climate targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No one wants subsidies back; just the ability to develop our wind resource without impenetrable political control.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of 130 MPs has called on Boris Johnson to alter the UK&#8217;s planning and energy policies to better&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Climate Targets - MPs Join Calls for Onshore Wind Policy Overhaul - Boston Renewables<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Onshore wind energy is vital to our aim of achieving our climate targets at least cost and the inspiring vision of a before-2050 net-zero greenhouse gas...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/climate-targets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate Targets - MPs Join Calls for Onshore Wind Policy Overhaul - Boston Renewables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Onshore wind energy is vital to our aim of achieving our climate targets at least cost and the inspiring vision of a before-2050 net-zero greenhouse gas...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/climate-targets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Boston Renewables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-16T15:08:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-23T16:16:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DJI_0024-min.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1535\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Hudson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Hudson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/climate-targets\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/climate-targets\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Hudson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bostonrenewables.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/23577b7aa42ea914e2af5397c6b2a259\"},\"headline\":\"Climate Targets &#8211; 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