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Energy Bill [Lords]

No, I will make some progress.

Without such a route to market, the Government risk increasing the cost of meeting our long-term carbon reduction targets.

The deployment of onshore wind has greatly helped to keep the cost of decarbonisation down, while creating business opportunities for UK firms. The onshore wind industry has grown significantly in recent years, and now supports some 19,000 jobs. In 2015, the 8.5 GW of operational onshore capacity in the UK met nearly 6% of the UK's electricity demand.

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Reference

604 c1212 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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