EEF calls for scrapping of renewables scheme

The government scheme which guarantees a market for renewable energy such as wind power should be scrapped from 2015 and replaced with a “zero carbon obligation” to pave the way for a new generation of nuclear power stations, a report urges today.

The manufacturers organisation, the EEF, says ministers must back a replacement nuclear programme as part of a balanced and sustainable long-term energy policy for the UK.