Britain's renewable energy industry last night accused the government of presiding over a farce after a scramble for heavily rationed grants for solar panels and wind turbines led to one month's allocation being snapped up in little more than an hour.
As Tony Blair prepares to commit Britain to a binding target of generating 20% of its electricity from renewables by 2020 at next week's European summit, companies installing green technologies said the government's words were not being matched by actions. The accusation came after the Department of Trade and Industry exhausted its £500,000 allocation under the low carbon buildings programme by 10.15am yesterday - just 75 minutes after inviting applications.
As Tony Blair prepares to commit Britain to a binding target of generating 20% of its electricity from renewables by 2020 at next week's European summit, companies installing green technologies said the government's words were not being matched by actions. The accusation came after the Department of Trade and Industry exhausted its £500,000 allocation under the low carbon buildings programme by 10.15am yesterday - just 75 minutes after inviting applications.
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