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The government has published its Energy White Paper in a bid to clean up the UK energy system and provide a roadmap to net zero.
The policy paper builds on the Prime Minister’s ten-point plan for clean energy, aimed at creating more than 200,000 jobs in the UK.
But what does the industry think?
Scale and opportunity of the energy transition is revealed
Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive at Energy UK, said: “Today’s White Paper reveals the scale and opportunity of the energy transition, with aims in it to at least double the amount of clean electricity produced today, start making our homes warmer and greener, and help the switch to electric vehicles (EVs).”
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An undisputed urgency to act : Green economy reacts to the Energy White Paper
The Government has unveiled the long-awaited Energy White Paper today (14 December), with green groups welcoming the focus it provides to both job growth and rapid decarbonisation in order to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Green Groups have welcomed the announcement, but more detail is still being required
The Energy White Paper has been delayed numerous times in 2020, but was finally released by the Government on Monday (14 December). It builds on the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) in outlining how the nation plans to transform its power and heating systems to support the net-zero emissions target for 2050. Specifically, the Government believes new measures will help cut emissions from industry, transport and buildings by 230 million metric tonnes over the next 10 years - equivalent to taking 7.5 million petrol cars
Heating and Ventilation News
Parliamentary committee review of government heat pump adoption targets is told more attractive packages must be provided to end users to make the technology more commercially attractive
Government ambitions to begin installing hundreds of thousands of heat pumps annually from 2028 will rely on creating a strong consumer proposition to drive demand for the technology. The comments were made during a recent one-off evidence session hosted by Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) to scrutinise recently revealed plans for 600,000 heat pumps to be installed across the UK each year by the end of the decade.
Emma Pinchbeck, chief executive officer for utilities trade body Energy UK, said the organisation saw strong demand from members and other energy suppliers to begin installing heat pump technologies in homes. However, she argued that there remained major barriers to expand take-up due to a failure to create an attractive proposition to
Energy Networks Association - the industry body representing all major energy network operators in the UK - has published a routemap outlining how they will align with net-zero and support the transition to green electricity, heat, transport and industry.