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<p>Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) grant exclusive rights to
extract hydrocarbons within a particular onshore area. These rights include, but are
not exclusive to, unconventional gas. A further consent is required before any extraction
can take place. No PEDLs have been issued since 2008. Applications for PEDLs under
the 14<sup>th</sup> Onshore Licensing Round are currently being considered – 95 applications
for 295 licence blocks have been made.</p><p>Since 2010 DECC has received 3 planning
applications for onshore windfarms above 50MW and the Planning Inspectorate has received
1 further application for examination. 6 onshore wind applications above 50MW have
been approved by the Secretary of State in the period. In addition, at the end of
March 2015, five years after the introduction of the Feed-in Tariff scheme, 6,830
sub 5MW installations totalling 396MW had been registered on the scheme. The Renewables
Obligation was introduced in 2002 to support large scale renewable electricity in
the UK and since 2010 Ofgem have accredited 415 onshore wind stations totalling 4.28
GW under the scheme.</p><p> </p>
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