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The forthcoming Energy Bill must incentivise energy efficiency to help reduce the UK's carbon emissions, according to a new report by Green Alliance and WWF-UK.
Green Alliance claimed effective energy efficiency measures could cut the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (Decc) predicted 2030 energy demand by 40 per cent, potentially saving £10billion a year.
The report also said current energy efficiency policies were not ambitious enough, and the draft Energy Bill “contains nothing to fill this gap”.
Green Alliance would like to see an energy efficiency feed-in tariff (EE FIT) – a financial incentive for energy saving – introduced, claiming it would help drive energy efficiency in “innovative ways” and help to reduce the UK’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Matthew Spencer, Green Alliance’s director said an EE FIT would be the “simplest way” of driving energy efficiency, while chief executive of WWF-UK, David Nussbaum, added: “Energy efficiency is the obvious win-win in the upcoming reform of our energy market.”
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