The Impact of UK Privitisation of Electricity

Whats more, the amount of green friendly gifts they have is not due to any principled stand. When Britains state-owned electricity was broken up and privatised, SSE happened to buy up a load of dams, around 75% of the UKs hydro capacity. SSE categorise this as renewable, and despite some new-build including the massive Shetland wind farm and some investment in microgeneration, its these old dams that have formed the basis of their claims to being eco friendly gifts california.

The Renewables Obligation was designed to encourage new-build renewables. By imposing a penalty on brown energy supply and awarding Renewables Obligation Certificates for the supply of renewables, it should stimulate growth in the latter.

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