The absence of leadership, political will, certainty and consistency to Tory energy policy emerge from a recent crop of articles.
Political will is holding back renewables
REA News: Senior parliamentarians from the four key political parties today agreed that political will, rather than money or technology, is holding back the UK’s renewable energy sector. The Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) Renewable Energy Question Time event this morning involved a lively debate on the future of UK energy policy. Former Energy and Climate Change Minister and Conservative MP Gregory Barker, the Green Party’s Baroness Jones, Co-Chair of the Lib Dems Parliamentary Party Committee on Climate Change Lord Teverson and Labour MP for Southampton Test Alan Whitehead all shared their views on renewables ahead of the 2015 General Election.
Looking back over the last five years, Gregory Barker was positive about progress made and believed the Conservatives had particularly moved their approach to renewables and climate change forward. His fellow panellists, however, were still quick to point out the party’s flaws.
http://www.r-e-a.net/news/political-will-is-holding-back-renewables
Tory Energy Policy – Business Green
In this blog – Business Green’s James Murray reflects on the Conservative Parties approach to energy policy.
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/james-blog/2400063/missing-a-conservative-energy-policy
Conservative MP and member of the energy and climate change select committee Phillip Lee told a pre-election debate at the Energy Institute that he was deeply unconvinced by what passed for Conservative energy policy. He admitted that the party had relegated energy policy to a “second fiddle” issue in the election campaign and is still yet to set out an official position on a host of energy and climate issues.
Onshore wind farm ban will raise energy prices, Tory MP Tim Yeo warns
Tim Yeo, Senior Conservative backbencher lambasts “blind unreasoning hostility” to onshore wind farms, warning it will leave consumers paying for more expensive offshore turbines instead to read more go to: