Everyone can benefit from renewable energy grants

Switching to a source of renewable energy could benefit everyone.

This is the view of Lisa Greenfield, energy analyst for Confused.com.

Ms Greenfield said: "I don't think anyone is going to not benefit from the various grants and things like that that are available."

However, she added that even with the support green energy is going to come with a premium that is 'probably being disproportionately carried by the consumer'.

The comments follow a report from the government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, which revealed that the fuel poor are being hit the hardest by the move towards renewable energy.

To tackle these costs Ms Greenfield said: "The only way costs on green energy are going to be reduced is if we stop importing gas and electricity from Europe, so we need to have a big initiative for renewable energy in the UK."

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