What fantastic news! Gordon Brown has allocated £100 billion to boost renewable energy and said that he wants the UK to be a leader in renewable energy.

Ever since Gordon took over as PM it has seemed that he’s given with one hand and taken away with the other. First it was the aviation tax that didn’t materialise, then the tiny tax-hike for gas-guzzlers and finally the absence of big grants for domestic green energy production that we’d all expected. Well, it seems that Gordon has finally made good on those green promises he made in the run-up to the last budget with this grand gesture.

We can expect to see an extra 4,000 onshore and 3,000 offshore turbines than originally planned, and there has been talk of up to 160,000 new jobs through the promotion of renewable energy and the manufacture of its components.

Let’s hope that the government can deliver on its promises this time.