The Green Energy Bill promoted by Peter Ainsworth MP and supported by the government and front and backbenches of all three main political parties passed its 3rd Reading and Report Stage in the House of Commons today and is now going forward to the House of Lords.

The Green Energy Bill will:
 

• Define green energy to include microgeneration and specify a purpose to secure a diverse and viable long term energy supply and to alleviate fuel poverty
• Require the government within 12 months to publish a revised Microgeneration Strategy.
• Review the case for allowing agricultural and non-residential microgeneration applications to be installed without planning permission
• Require the government by law to remove the need for certified air source heat pumps and micro-wind turbines, below a certain size and noise level, to be installed in or on domestic premises without planning permission.
   

To read the full bill click here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmbills/015/2009015.pdf