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Renew On Line 88 Extracts from the News section of Renew 188, Nov-Dec 2010 The full 38 page journal can be obtained on subscription (details below). The extracts here only represent about 25% of it. This material can be freely used as long as it is not for commercial purposes and full credit is given to its source. The views expressed should not be taken to necessarily reflect the views of all NATTA members. Contents 1. Funding cuts- not too bad 2. Huhne backs nuclear- but not subsidies 3. Marine renewables- Tidal Progress 4. UK progress- Wind 5GW, delivers 10% 5. It’s not all good news- on Heat Pumps 6. DECC 2050 Pathways- looking ahead 7. Global News- China picks, US goes offshore 8. Nuclear News- OU leads on materials 9. In the rest of Renew 188 10. Renew and NATTA subscriptions details Renew Blog choice: Coping with wind: /blog/?p=567 1.Funding cuts... The governments spending review brought fears of big cuts and even of the demise of DECC! What happened? Although the UK feed-in tariff is going from strength to strength, with almost 16 MW coming online so far, there were fears that the government would backtrack or water down the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). A coalition of 22 groups, including the Renewable Energy Association, the National Farmers Union and the Federation of Master Builders, warned energy secretary Chris Huhne that cutting schemes that subsidise household generation of renewable energy would jeopardise job creation, energy security and greenhouse gas targets. An open letter to Vince Cable and Danny Alexander from 64 companies, including E.ON British Gas, adopted a similar stance: ‘premature adjustments to the tariff would have a profoundly damaging effect on long term investor confidence in the clean tech and renewable energy sectors, and may cause investors to flee altogether’. REF however took a very different line- see below. Energy Climate Change’s minister, Ch