The UK Micropower Council has criticised the UK government for ‘breaking the law on renewables’. The organisation called on David Cameron to stand by his pledge to be the ‘greenest government ever’.
In a newly published report the Micropower Council claims Local Government Department Ministers have broken the law by failing to comply with an Act of Parliament requiring the implementation of Permitted Development rights for air source heat pumps and micro wind turbines. The organisation says that the Treasury is blocking the wishes of Energy and Climate Change Ministers Chris Huhne and Greg Barker to introduce a key policy that will encourage millions of people to install renewable heating or hot water.
Dave Sowden, CEO of the Micropower Council said: “The valiant attempts of Chris Huhne and Greg Barker at the Department of Energy and Climate Change to make progress on microgeneration policy are constantly being thwarted by the Treasury and by the machine taking over from Ministers in policy making at DEFRA and CLG…“.
Sowden claims 130 MPs have called on the Government to confirm the introduction of the Renewable Heat Incentive for Microgeneration and for clarity on this key policy before according to the Micropower CEO the industry starts to fall apart.
“The Conservative Party was a staunch supporter of these two key policies when in opposition, and if they are not seen through without any further delay, the Greenest Government Ever will have ended its first Parliamentary term with a microgeneration industry in crisis” said Sowden.
