Other countries lead while the UK lags
We already knew that Germany and Denmark were way ahead of us in terms of rolling out renewables. Now it seems we can add Portugal to that list too. This week (18 Feb 2008), BBC Two’s Working Lunch programme has been airing a series of reports from Portugal entitled ‘The Green West Coast of Europe’. Here they are already generating 39% of electricity from renewables, handsomely beating the UK which currently manages only 5%. They’re not stopping there though, their target for 2010 is 45%.
Portugese communities, the programme reports, actively compete to get wind farms built because of the incentives that are on offer. Why, in this country, must we always wait for others to show the way ?
BBC Two Working Lunch : Portugese Power Series
Chris S