Turning Only Slowly

The independent Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit calculate that the UK government's excessive 'red tape' for licencing new offshore windfarms is costing billpayers circa £1.5bn per year. The associated bureaucracy is even discouraging some windfarm developments (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/17/uk-new-offshore-windfarms-treasury-rules-bills-analysis). One might have thought the Brexiteer UK government would have an antipathy to 'red tape'. One might have also believed they would be wildly enthusiastic to encourage renewables. Renewables, like wind power, save consumers money. They also eventually, after their production emissions are exceeded, facilitate the necessary transition to carbon zero.