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| A renewable energy scheme is being funded by cuts from other projects designed to promote household energy efficiency, the BBC has learned. | A renewable energy scheme is being funded by cuts from other projects designed to promote household energy efficiency, the BBC has learned. |
| At the Labour conference, Environment Secretary David Miliband promised £10m to help fund projects like wind power. | |
| But it has emerged schemes to promote double-glazing and insulation are to be cut to fund it. | But it has emerged schemes to promote double-glazing and insulation are to be cut to fund it. |
| A Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) spokesman said energy efficiency was crucial. | A Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) spokesman said energy efficiency was crucial. |
| A spokesman for the government-funded Energy Savings Trust has called it a "massive blow" to energy saving projects in the UK. The fund for insulation and double-glazing had originally been catered for in the Budget | A spokesman for the government-funded Energy Savings Trust has called it a "massive blow" to energy saving projects in the UK. The fund for insulation and double-glazing had originally been catered for in the Budget |
| Industry experts, the BBC's environment correspondent Sarah Mukherjee has said, have gone even further in their criticism of the cuts. | Industry experts, the BBC's environment correspondent Sarah Mukherjee has said, have gone even further in their criticism of the cuts. |
| They say there is little point putting wind farms up in hospitals when they are providing energy that will be wasted in badly-insulated buildings, she said. | They say there is little point putting wind farms up in hospitals when they are providing energy that will be wasted in badly-insulated buildings, she said. |
| A review published in July said public planning enquiries for wind farms were taking too long, and do not always give sufficient priority to the nation's interest. | A review published in July said public planning enquiries for wind farms were taking too long, and do not always give sufficient priority to the nation's interest. |
| Mr Miliband said that projects for renewable energy - like wind power - on local authority land were being held back, because public and private investment is not working together. | Mr Miliband said that projects for renewable energy - like wind power - on local authority land were being held back, because public and private investment is not working together. |