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Government timetable slip means fossil fuels will trump renewable energy, says CLAThe CLA has today (Wednesday, 25 February) reacted with shock and disappointment to the news that the incentive for renewable heat is to be delayed by a year. In a written answer to a Parliamentary Question put by Gregory Barker MP, Mike O'Brien MP, Energy Minister responded on 23 February that government expects the new support mechanism to be in place by April 2011.
CLA President Henry Aubrey-Fletcher said: "We accept there are some difficult questions to resolve, and statutory processes to be undertaken, but further delay is simply unacceptable. CLA advisors have discussed a work plan with the Department of Energy and Climate Change that could fully deliver the incentive a year earlier than the Minister aspires to.
"Boiler manufacturers inform us they instal one and a half million fossil fuelled boilers every year, and they are designed to last between 15 and 20 years. This effectively puts increasing numbers of householders and businesses beyond the reach of a solar thermal panel or wood-fuelled boiler."
The CLA President added: "We understand the question revolves around the resources and manpower in delivering the incentive. Climate change and energy security cannot wait, and until renewable heat is properly incentivised it will be trumped by fossil fuels, locking us into an unsustainable future. We urge all who care to write to Mr O'Brien to demand he brings forward the date for delivery."
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