Royal Academy of Engineering report shows replacing onshore turbines with offshore wind would add extra cost to bills
A Conservative party plan to limit the number of onshore windfarms would drive up household energy bills, according to the UK’s most eminent engineers.
Replacing a single banned onshore turbine with offshore wind power, which is more expensive, would cost £300,000 a year more in subsidies, with the extra cost being added to bills, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) said. The engineers also said a cap on turbines would make it harder to meet the UK’s legally binding targets for renewable energy and cutting carbon emissions.