Tuesday, July 12, 2011
West Coast Energy Planning and Development Director, Steve Salt
appeared on the panel of Insider Wales Energy Forum today where the
agenda was to discuss how Wales can maximise its energy potential
and become more energy efficient.
The event was well attended with questions ranging from how to
balance environmental impact with energy development, the need for
education to change habits, National grid issues in consulting with
local people on grid connection, and the relevance of solar in the
energy mix given the change in the feed-in tariff.
Panel comments highlighted the need for top level leadership
from government in creating a stable environment for
investment.
Steve Salt commented, "For Wales to attract inward investment,
it is important that consistent strong policy is adopted and
implemented. This is particularly so with the energy sector
where long project development periods are the norm.
Unfortunately recent uncertainty on renewable energy targets caused
by a number of contradictory statements made by the Welsh
Government in relation to TAN8 only serve to undermine investors'
confidence."
The editor made the point that they would try to get a WAG
speaker on the next panel as their role was so instrumental.
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