The current export of 10,000t of miscanthus is a classic example of the failure of Government departments to work in unison for the common and national good.
Money spent by one arm of government back in the mid-2000s represented a waste when nothing was done to incentivise biomass use for renewable heat in view of our climate change and greenhouse gas obligations.
Having spent money establishing the crops, we are now about to export their carbon benefit for fear of introducing an RHI scheme that might confer some element of profit to anyone in the supply chain.
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Taking time to ensure a sensible balance of incentive is one thing, but doing nothing due to a political mistake in a neighbouring jurisdiction can hardly be a good reason to continue to export the carbon benefit of money already spend.
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The current export of 10,000t of miscanthus is a classic example of the failure of Government departments to work in unison for the common and national good.
Money spent by one arm of government back in the mid-2000s represented a waste when nothing was done to incentivise biomass use for renewable heat in view of our climate change and greenhouse gas obligations.
Having spent money establishing the crops, we are now about to export their carbon benefit for fear of introducing an RHI scheme that might confer some element of profit to anyone in the supply chain.
Taking time to ensure a sensible balance of incentive is one thing, but doing nothing due to a political mistake in a neighbouring jurisdiction can hardly be a good reason to continue to export the carbon benefit of money already spend.
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