Govt 'needs to support green business energy customers' - 20/10/2010
Business energy customers should be getting more support from the government to invest in green practices, according to BusinessGreen.com.
James Murray, editor of the website, commented that the government has "created huge confusion in the market by including a lot of the green measures in the Comprehensive Spending Review and [has] really undermined investor confidence over the last few months".
Focusing on setting a clear strategy on how to help green business energy consumers would be one step to take, said Mr Murray, as would setting up a green investment bank to support the sector.
The government will also need to improve both the planning and grid connection regimes, which are currently "a mess" and lead to delays of a large number of projects.
His comments follow research from the Trades Union Congress concluding that the government must continue to commit to a green economy or the opportunity to create thousands of jobs will be lost.
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