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In September 2019, the UK won the bid to host the 26th Conference of the Parties to bring together heads of state, climate experts and negotiators as part of an international response to the climate emergency.
The much-anticipated Energy White Paper was published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (" BEIS") on 14 December 2020, setting out its strategy for the UK's energy transition over the next decade. The Energy White Paper focuses on strategy in six key areas: consumers, power, the energy system, buildings, industrial energy and oil & gas. Much of what has been set out in the Energy White Paper is not new. For one, the Energy White Paper builds on the UK government's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution (the " Ten Point Plan"). However, committing this st...
08 January 2021 Share UK Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said he looks forward to “a year of delivery” in 2021, following the publication of the Energy White Paper on 14 December. In an interview with Chris Lambert, director of the Westminster Energy Forum (WEF), Kwarteng explained some of the ministerial thinking behind the White Paper and provided further background on the government’s strategy for reaching net-zero by 2050. UK Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng during the interview with WEF A video of the recent interview, which was made public today, signalled the launch of WEF's 2021 Wo...
Summary An early Christmas present in the form of the Government’s long awaited Energy White Paper “Powering our Net Zero Future” was finally gifted to us last week. We have digested the White Paper with our festive hats on and set out some key points for your thought. The White Paper is admirable in its optimism and ambition and one could be forgiven for thinking it reads a bit like a letter to Santa… “Dear Santa, I don’t want much this Christmas, only: A better deal for consumers; New renewable energy capacity; Updated Energy National Policy Statements; A competitive energy sy...
Reporter, Current± The government’s energy white paper has today been published, detailing its decarbonisation plans across the entire economy. It builds upon the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan, which was released last month and included pledges to create 250,000 jobs, bring forward the ban on sales of new internal combustion engine cars to 2030 and target 600,000 heat pump installations per year by 2028 among others. The government has acknowledged that “there is more to be done to meet key milestones on the journey to net zero” beyond the white paper, making reference in the docum...