UK addresses pylon protests with sweeteners, but are green industry measures 'too little, too late'?

The UK has introduced measures to foster faster development of electricity infrastructure in the government's Autumn budget statement, amid growing concerns that the country’s renewables ramp-up could result in a log-jam unless grid connection times are cut.

In his Autumn budget statement, UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt adopted recommendations from a report commissioned from grid guru Nick Winser aiming, he said, to halve the time it takes to get new infrastructure in place.