BEIS offshore wind announcement - Greenpeace response

In response to the Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's announcement that auctions for offshore wind projects will be held every two years, Kate Blagojevic, Head of Energy at Greenpeace UK, said -

"Offshore wind’s enormous cost reduction makes it the logical choice to provide the backbone of the UK’s energy needs, and we welcome the government providing certainty for investors. But this fall in price is far from unique. Onshore wind is also getting cheaper all the time, and is now the UK’s cheapest electricity source. Solar has been dropping for so long that it has actually reduced in cost by an astonishing 99% since the technology was commercialised. This makes the government’s huge financial support for nuclear, the one low carbon source which keeps going up and up in price, all the more confusing and irrational. The government needs to listen to the recommendations of its advisers and ditch nuclear in favour of renewable energy, benefitting bill payers and the climate."