Within the King’s Speech, delivered right now, plans for annual oil and gasoline licensing rounds have been confirmed.
The Affiliation for Renewable Power and Clear Expertise (REA) has responded, emphasising the necessity for an pressing shift in the direction of domestically generated clear vitality and an intensive vitality effectivity initiative to make sure real vitality safety.
The REA argues that selling North Sea oil and gasoline exploration to create a division over the inexperienced agenda with different political events shouldn’t be in the most effective pursuits of trade or shoppers and is incompatible with vitality safety and reaching internet zero.
The REA requires tangible steps to ascertain a secure long run funding setting for renewables and clear applied sciences.
This contains assist for the inexperienced provide chain, new avenues for decarbonising warmth, zero-rated VAT for small scale vitality storage installations, bold measures for decarbonising transportation and funding for native authorities to implement easier recycling measures.
Dr Nina Skorupska, Chief Govt of the REA, mentioned: “Shifting ahead, the REA continues to induce all political events to give attention to delivering the funding we have to develop the renewable vitality trade, unlocking the ample potential of our clear applied sciences. The UK’s vitality safety and internet zero targets rely upon it.”
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