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CLA welcomes The Energy Act: The future's green, at last!The CLA was today (Thursday, 27 November) "delighted" The Energy Act includes measures to double the support for energy from biomass CHP and biogas and to make collection and settlement of Obligation Certificates easier – but expressed concern that there is still no timetable for the introduction of the proposed new support for Renewable Heat. The Energy Bill was tabled this year shortly after the UK government signed up to a joint EU target to achieve 20 percent of energy supplies from renewables by 2020.
The Energy Bill received Royal Assent yesterday. It also includes measures to enable Government to introduce support for renewable heat, such as biomass and woodfuel boilers. This will in time transform the markets for sustainable fuels from woodland management, bringing benefits to biodiversity and the rural economy and helping to address both climate change and energy security.
CLA President Henry Aubrey-Fletcher said: "While we are delighted to have won the argument on renewable heat, the CLA is concerned there is still no timetable for their introduction.
"As we explained to Lord Hunt on Monday, the Government must take action to introduce both a feed-in tariff and a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) as soon as possible. This is essential both to give certainty to business and to allow investment to come forward speedily in order to meet the 2020 Renewables Directive target."
The CLA President added: "We are concerned that delay in introducing these measures will harm the many SMEs that have invested in training and equipment to deliver domestic and smaller scale renewables in both the heat and electricity sector."
The CLA calls on the Government to consider three proposals:
1. The allocation of sufficient resources to ensure that administrative and regulatory mechanisms for the RHI are put in place without delay. It should be feasible to draft, consult, design and appoint an administration to deliver the RHI by April 2010.
2. The announcement of a formal commitment to Parliament that investors who instal renewable heat equipment after the date of your announcement will be able retrospectively to claim support under the RHI as soon as Government has come to a decision on the methodology and levels of support.
This is a mechanism that has been adapted to avoid hiatus and bring forward investment in the changes introduced to band the Renewables Obligation.
3. The announcement of new rounds of the Bioenergy Capital Grants Scheme, the Bioenergy Infrastructure Scheme, and the Low Carbon Building
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