It follows David Cameron's recent speech calling for:
• A level playing field between renewable and other forms of energy generation.
• Encouraging local generators to sell any spare electricity they generate back to the National Grid.
• Improving and streamlining planning procedures for green energy.
Mr Dunne explained "Here in Shropshire we have innovative companies at the forefront of energy generation from renewable sources, such as the anaerobic digester creating electricity from South Shropshire's domestic green waste, the first of its kind in the UK.
So I welcome the Government's response to cross-party pressure to make it easier for homes in Shropshire and across the country to install renewable energy such as solar panels or mini-wind turbines. Where the Government offers positive, constructive and reasonable policies, they will have my support.
This Government has been very slow to promote renewable energy technologies. Last week Friends of the Earth pointed out that the UK generates less of its energy from renewable sources than any country in Europe, other than Malta. But they could do far more to promote green energy, rather than giving unfair subsidies to new nuclear power stations. Conservatives want to enhance our environment by seeking a long-term cross-party consensus on sustainable development and climate change - instead of short-term thinking or surrendering to vested interests. The modern, compassionate Conservative Party believes that quality of life matters just as much as quantity of money."
