As part of its industrial strategy, the British government has published the plan of Clean Energy Industries to “unleash the tidal wave of jobs and investments” that will yield the energy transition.
The plan also connects the government to double investments in the industry of clean energy.
The government’s strategy is split into eight sectors that, according to the government, are already strong and therefore have to have the potential for faster growth.
Within the plan of the clean energy industry, the government identifies ‘border industry’ on which it will concentrate: onshore, offshore and floating wind, nuclear splitting, merger energy, use of carbon capture and storage (CCUs) including greenhouse gas removals, hydrogen and heat pumps.
Nevertheless, many of the announced investments will benefit the entire ecosystem of clean energy.
The government adds that solar energy, bio -energy, storage including energy storage with long duration, heat networks and smart technologies are also “also vital” for the Clean Energy mission, but are not part of the border industry.
Another of the identified ‘growth agents’ sectors, advanced production, includes batteries in addition to areas such as Aerospace and Automotive.
Energy company Great British energy Another £ 700 million has been assigned to help build production facilities at home for important components for the Clean Power Revolution, such as floating offshore platforms, electric cables and hydrogen infrastructure.
Energie -Secretary Ed Miliband said: “For too long high electricity costs, British companies have stopped, as a result of our dependence on gas that is sold on volatile international markets.”
Skills and accelerating the planning process
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the strategy can mark ‘a turning point’ for the economy and can deliver ‘certainty and direction’ in the long term ‘for the British companies to invest and create jobs.
The industrial strategy states that by 2028-29, the government will spend an extra £ 1.2 billion annually on skills and offers more learning opportunities in fast-growing sectors due to growth and skills tax.
This includes the recruitment of 300 new planning officials to improve the reaction capacity of planning departments – the training given to local planning authorities was emphasized by Solar Media Market Research Analyst Josh Cornes in a recent article about Solar -Energy Portal.
In reactie op de industriële strategie zei Gemma Grimes, beleidsdirecteur en levering voor Solar Trade Association Solar Energy UK: “Planningafdelingen zijn chronisch onderworpen aan te weinig ingebracht, wat heeft geleid tot zowel vertragingen als inconsistente besluitvorming, wat bijdraagt aan juridische uitdagingen. Zo versterken van het aantal officieren, zoals beloofd wanneer het nationale planningsbeleid werd gelanceerd, is het meest Welcome. “
The government’s strategy also states that the Office for Clean Energy Jobs will publish a personnel strategy later this year.
To give more confidence in what the government calls ‘high priority developments’, so that solar farms and data centers are given as examples, there will be a new goal of 13 weeks for planning decisions on requests that have been set by ministers.
Accelerating grid connections for ‘large investment projects’
The government described slow grid connections as one of the largest barriers in which the British industry is confronted.
The industrial plan also includes a plan to streamline the schedule connections for large investment projects, the Connections Accelerator Service, which would give priorities to connections for projects that create high -quality jobs and provide significant economic benefits.
It is unclear how this fits in with planning the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to reform the connection process.
New powers in the Planning and Infrastructure Act, which is currently in front of the parliament, can also enable the government to reserve the schedule capacity for strategically important projects.
More coverage of the industrial strategy is available on our sister site, Current ±.
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