That might sound expensive, but remember that the alternative would be to build even more renewable capacity and that would cost a lot more.

It also unveiled a target to add one gigawatt of renewable capacity each year by the end of the decade.

That includes more than £3.7 billion on developing 2.1 gigawatts of renewable capacity or enough to power over 1.5 million homes.

Any limited public money should go on the fledgeling renewable industry, to go to councils to promote energy efficiency and to continue to fund the existing waste burden.

The renewable industry was jubilant.

There's never been a better time to join the renewable industries.

Renewable investment management mandates, meanwhile, should be set to run for, say, five years - not 12 months.

The company insists its renewable investments make attractive returns and it wants to encourage other investors to follow its example.

The company insists its renewable investments make attractive returns.

It also warned that the commitments left less money in the pot for other renewable projects.

Energy companies have scaled back their renewable projects as financing has become harder to find.

Renewable projects, such as solar and hydro schemes, are often suggested for poor rural areas, even though in many cases they are more expensive and impractical, he said.

The bonds will be used to invest in more renewable projects.

The minister said that the planning process for renewable projects now lasts nine months on average, compared with two years before the legislation.

When burnt as fuel, for example, municipal waste counts as a renewable resource and helps the government meet its renewables target.

We gave up a great deal else, too, including our fishing grounds, allowing foreign vessels to hoover up what ought to have been a great renewable resource.

Soya wax can claim to be more environmentally friendly because it comes from the soya bean, a renewable resource.

What could be more friendly to the planet than using a renewable resource such as wood?

The plant has tested and been approved for oat hull biofuel, a renewable resource that would reduce each student's fees by about $21.

We should be harnessing this renewable source of power.

No renewable source can do this, or ever will.

When its green credentials come from a renewable source far, far away, apparently.

Being a renewable source of electricity, tidal generators might be assumed to be popular with the green lobby.

If a company wants planning permission, many local authorities will insist as a condition that 10 per cent of its energy requirements must be from a renewable source.