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🗯️News that 30 #communityenergy projects, totalling 4GW of capacity, have failed because FiT cap has been reached, just days before it is due to end for good, calls for a recap on why gov needs to recognise the role of local, community owned energy.
Here are 5 reasons (thread):
Here are 5 reasons (thread):
1. Renewables are now the cheapest source of energy.
Falling costs + greater awareness of #climatechange will contribute to rapid adoption of distributed energy tech across public institutions, businesses and, increasingly, among households 2/
Falling costs + greater awareness of #climatechange will contribute to rapid adoption of distributed energy tech across public institutions, businesses and, increasingly, among households 2/
According to a recent study, 11 mn households could be producing or storing their own energy in the UK by 2030, compared to just over a mn today.
& @beisgovuk expects nearly 30GW of renewables and storage to be built by 2030: bit.ly/2WlOHDK 3/
& @beisgovuk expects nearly 30GW of renewables and storage to be built by 2030: bit.ly/2WlOHDK 3/
