Romonet CTO gives warning on UK Govt Energy Policy

Liam Newcombe was recently quoted in an eWeek article that concerns about the coalition government's recently announced energy policy voiced by other parties were also valid for the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation and energy policies in general.

“Between the CRC and the lack of any structured energy policy in the UK we do appear to have a problem,” he said. “We appear to be heading for a power generating capacity shortfall which has resulted in this need to raise prices. The combination of rising cost and complex regulatory burdens may well be the tipping factor for operators building in the UK versus elsewhere.”

To address the issue, Newcombe said data centre groups, and industry body Intellect, are working with the Department of Energy and Climate Change on an Climate Change Agreement (CCA) as an alternative to CRC for data centres.

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