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UK unveils major blueprint to spend £1bn to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals The new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy sets the vision for the world’s first low carbon industrial sector, slashing emissions by two-thirds in just 15 years Image: Shutterstock The UK Government has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to deliver the world’s first low carbon industrial sector and more than £1 billion to reduce emissions from industry, schools and hospitals. The new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, which builds on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan for a ...

Deputy Editor, Current± The government has set out a blueprint to switch 20TWh of the UK industry’s energy supply from fossil fuel sources to low carbon alternatives, as part of its £1 billion Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy. To "kick start" this transition, the energy secretary today announced that £171 million from the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge has been allocated to nine green tech projects around Britain. Additionally, £932 million has been directed to 429 projects across England as part of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, which will fund low carbon heating s...

By Jordan Marshall2021-03-17T13:21:00+00:00 Industrial decarbonisation strategy reveals details of project spending across the country  The government has unveiled details of a £1bn plan to drastically cut emissions from industry and the built environment over the next 15 years. Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has revealed the new industrial decarbonisation strategy, which aims to cut carbon emissions by two-thirds by 2035 and by 90% by 2050, compared with 2018 levels. Source: shutterstock.com The previously-announced £1bn fund follows on from the government’s 10-point plan for ac...

In November, the construction timeline for the £1bn road upgrade was cut in half following a review by the government’s Project Speed taskforce. Documents

Budget 2021: Leeds wins bank as infrastructure cash goes North The new National Infrastructure Bank will be based in Leeds, the chancellor revealed alongside other Budget announcements badged under the Government’s ‘leveling up’ agenda. The new bank will provide financing support to private sector and local authority infrastructure projects across the UK, to help meet government objectives on climate change and regional economic growth. The Treasury said the move would see it ‘benefiting from the city’s position as an established financial hub with excellent transport links across t...