Renewables obligation renewal

The Energy Bill introduces wholesale revisions to the framework for the renewables obligation, allowing support for new plant to be concentrated on new and more expensive technologies.

Offshore renewables - decommissioning

The Bill includes new measures which could leave parent companies and affiliates of owners of offshore wind and marine energy installations facing the cost of decommissioning.

Offshore renewables - transmission

New powers are to be introduced to support the introduction of the regulatory regime for offshore transmission developed by Ofgem and Berr following the Energy Act 2004.