Ms Rudd said there were enough subsidised onshore wind schemes to meet renewable commitments.
Other renewable commitments were wound down because governments did not come up with the carbon price needed to support them, he argued.
That region is "well behind the U.S. market in renewable commitments," said Greenpeace, citing fewer clean energy options from monopoly utilities.
BP also plans to underline its new renewable energy commitment by using solar energy to power the new sites, with panels forming the transparent canopy above the pumps.
The company earned "F's" in energy transparency, renewable energy commitment and advocacy.
Despite all the Republicans he'd surrounded himself with, he didn't back away from his renewable energy commitment.
In light of the oil spill in the Gulf, President Obama has renewed his commitment to renewable energy sources like solar.
"Big renewable energy commitments in offshore wind, and nuclear – these are things that are actually happening, are going ahead".
To do this, we have driven down the cost of renewables, helping new technologies stand on their own two feet while still meeting our renewable energy commitments".
"But we now have enough billpayer-funded onshore wind in the pipeline to meet our renewable energy commitments and there's no requirement for any more.
We want to protect bill payers, ensuring technologies stand on their own two feet whilst also meeting our renewable energy commitments".
