Industry bodies representing the renewables industry in the UK have welcomed announcements by the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss
Responding to the Prime Minister’s landmark announcements on energy policy in the House of Commons this week, RenewableUK chief executive Dan McGrail said, “Everyone will benefit from the new Prime Minister’s clear commitment to speed up the roll-out of renewables.
“Liz Truss has sent a clear signal that delivering cheap clean power for billpayers as fast as possible is at the heart of Government’s energy strategy and the renewable energy sector is ready to meet that challenge.
“We are already working closely with Ministers and our member companies on proposals to break the link between the unaffordable cost of gas and the price of electricity.
“Renewable projects which have gone live since 2015 are already on these ultra-low-cost contracts which actually pay money back to consumers. A new scheme would see older renewable energy projects moving onto new fixed-price contracts, and this would be open to include as many generators as possible.
“The review announced by the Prime Minister on how to reach net zero in a way which maximises growth, creates a golden opportunity to ensure we build up our renewable energy supply chains throughout the UK, boosting jobs and investment in our new green economy.
“Liz Truss is right to highlight our enormous potential not only to boost the UK’s energy security, but also to become a net exporter of energy by 2040. Harnessing our massive resources of renewables and green hydrogen potential will be key to achieving this.
“Although the Prime Minister’s announcements set out various measures, we are confident that accelerating renewables will prove to be the only scalable solution which delivers meaningful and sustainable savings for billpayers and helps the UK be a net energy exporter.”
Offshore Energies UK acting chief executive Mike Tholen said, “This new approach by government is designed to meet the energy security challenges the UK and its people face from Putin’s weaponisation of energy and we welcome this goal.
“As reliable, responsible partners, our industry has supported successive governments to produce homegrown secure energy to power the nation and today is nurturing the transition to net zero and enabling renewable technologies like offshore wind power.”
However, concern has been expressed that the Prime Minister has appointed Jacob Rees-Mogg, a noted climate sceptic, as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
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