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The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has published a report that concludes the UK has the opportunity to become a leading exporter of wave and tidal power. The report calls for political leadership, a stable consistent policy framework and measures to attract private sector investment.

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The Government has published the results of its consultation into proposals to cut the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV. It has also launched two consultations proposing further changes to the scheme to be introduced later this year. We have provided a summary of the key points.

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A report published today concludes that spending by large UK firms on energy, environment and sustainability initiatives will increase by 16% a year between 2012 and 2015 The largest areas of spend are projected to be on smart metering, electric vehicle and on-site renewable energy.

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The Department for Energy and Climate Change has published a report setting out the progress the UK has made towards achieving its target to source 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020. The report shows that, overall, renewable energy accounted for only 3.3% of the UK’s total energy consumption.

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The Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable MP, has issued a statement to Parliament setting out further details on the Government’s proposals for a Green Investment Bank. The statement confirms that Green Deal will now be eligible for support, but the Bank will not have any borrowing powers until 2015-16, at the earliest.

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This week the Government announced new funding to support communities thinking about introducing energy efficiency or renewable energy projects to their local area. The move is likely to anger the solar PV industry who will see their support cut in half from next week because of a lack of funds.

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Last week the Department for Energy and Climate Change published The Carbon Plan, setting out how the Government will reduce carbon emissions between now and 2027. Coming two days after the Chancellor used his Autumn Statement to scale back Government commitments to climate change, The Carbon Plan asks some important questions about just how far the “greenest Government ever” is willing to go to meet its legal obligations under the Climate Change Act. Here we have provided a summary of the key points in The Carbon Plan and would welcome your comments.

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Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, delivered his Annual Energy Statement to Parliament last week. This was followed two days later by the launch of the ‘Energy Red Tape Challenge’ which puts nearly 300 energy regulations under the spotlight, and invites comments on whether or not they should be scrapped.

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