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Renewable UK has renewed its call for the government to introduce a 2030 decarbonisation target.
The trade association for the wind, wave, and tidal industries has restated its call as part of its policy wish list ahead of next year’s general election.
Maria McCaffery, chief executive at Renewable UK, said: “Without a clear long term objective, it will be very difficult to build the generating capacity that the UK’s homes, businesses and factories will require.
“With certainty only in place until 2020, we won’t see the scale of investment we need to cut costs, tackle our energy import dependency, create tens of thousands of jobs, and arrest climate disruption unless this is addressed.”
The trade association also restated the industry’s commitment to reach the £100/MWh target for offshore wind.
In its “manifesto”, the onshore wind industry also pledged to be the cheapest form of new generation by 2020 “subject to the right policy framework”.
A taskforce has been set up by Renewable UK to identify the steps needed to ensure this goal is achieved.
McCaffery added: “With the right leadership from the next government, we’re confident that we can do this, so come 2020 onshore wind will be cheaper than new nuclear, gas, and all other renewables.”
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