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| Subsidies for offshore windfarms are set to rise at the expense of onshore options |
The government is to make big changes to the way its subsidies renewable energy, it has announced. Ministers say they will cut support for onshore wind and solar energy, but give more backing to offshore wind power.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander described the shift in subsidy as 'a rebalancing' and said overall spending would not change.
The price producers are promised for onshore wind power and solar energy will be cut from 2015, while the amount paid for offshore wind power will be increased.
An environment analyst, Roger Harrabin said, 'The subsidy cut makes onshore wind cheaper than nuclear power this decade - and much cheaper in the long term. They money that ministers shave off the onshore subsidy is transferred to offshore wind. But offshore generation is much more expensive, so every pound shifted this way generates less electricity. And that in turn slightly increases the chances of blackouts in 2015."
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