RenewableUK warns UK over its 2020 renewable energy target

The Times reported the Committee on Climate Change chairman Lord Deben as saying that the nation has enough onshore wind to 2020 to meet that part of the portfolio.

In order to support the case for wind energy in the 2020s, RenewableUK is also calling on the Deben for support.

"It is likely that onshore wind will continue to play a part in our renewables after 2020, but it is not a decision we have to make now, and there are circumstances in which it might not. The public will decide what the balance is," Deben added.

RenewableUK also noted that not all the approved onshore wind projects, with actually get built – about 10%, will drop away for financial and other reasons between now and 2020.

In addition to generating renewable electricity from wind and other clean sources, the country aims to use renewables for the production of a significantly higher proportion of heat, and fuel for transport.

RenewableUK deputy chief executive Maf Smith said, "Public support for onshore wind has reached a record high of 70% according to official Government figures, so the Committee on Climate Change will want to remain in step with the majority of the British public, who strongly support our transition from fossil fuels to clean sources."