In response to the Committee on Cllimate Change (CCC) Review on Renewable Energy, Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change said:
“Renewables will be absolutely crucial to securing our energy supplies and reducing our carbon emissions in the decades ahead. We are reforming the electricity market to help bring forward a surge of investment in renewables and putting in place the world’s first Renewable Heat Incentive.
“Our renewables target for 2020 is ambitious, but we’re committed to meeting it. Beyond 2020 the importance of developing renewables further will remain and the investment we secure now will drive down the cost of doing this.”
About Chris Huhne:
Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, generally known as Chris Huhne is a Liberal Democrat politician and cabinet minister, who is the current Member of Parliament for the Eastleigh constituency in Hampshire. He was appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following the 2010 general election.
He has twice run for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats but was beaten on both occasions. In the 2006 election he came second to Sir Menzies Campbell and in the 2007 election he was beaten by Nick Clegg who won by a margin of 511 votes.
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