21st May – your chance to influence a Renewable Wales

Mar 18, 2015 | News

Yesterday we published the surprising news that despite having one of the best per-capita renewable energy resources in Europe, Wales is currently the worst-performing country in terms of meeting 2020 targets for generation of renewable energy. Wales has wonderful...

Wales; worst in Europe for renewables

Mar 17, 2015 | News

Eurostat recently published renewable energy statistics, showing that the UK was the furthest behind meeting its 2020 renewable energy targets out of any EU country. The UK doesn’t publish sub-national figures for renewable energy in total – just for...

DECC passes Public Inquiry decision to the next Parliament

Mar 10, 2015 | News

In a brief update on the Mid Wales Public Inquiry, DECC today announced that “We expect decisions to be made early in the next Parliament”. This additional delay to the determination of the onshore wind projects and associated infrastructure...

St David’s Day Devolution Announcement

Mar 2, 2015 | News

RenewableUK Cymru has welcomed the announcement of a proposed package of new powers for the Welsh Government and National Assembly for Wales. The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have announced consenting for energy projects below 350MW capacity will be handed...

Wales Energy Statistics

Feb 27, 2015 | News, Uncategorized

Welsh Government has published energy production and consumption figures for 2013, these are available here. RenewableUK Cymru welcomes the Welsh Government’s publication of detailed statistics relating to Wales energy needs and production and the contribution...