section_path: Politics/Central government
section_name: Central government
paragraph_text: Central government
  
  Although wind turbines with fixed bases are a mature technology and new installations are generally no longer subsidized, floating wind turbines are a relatively new technology so some governments subsidize them, for example to use deeper waters.
  
  Fossil fuel subsidies by some governments are slowing the growth of renewables.
  
  Permitting of wind farms can take years and some governments are trying to speed up – the wind industry says this will help limit climate change and increase energy security – sometimes groups such as fishers resist this but governments say that rules protecting biodiversity will still be followed.