The time taken to build clean electricity transmission infrastructure in the UK is between 12 and 14 years but now an independent commissioner has called on the government to take action to halve that.
Electricity networks commissioner Nick Winser was tasked by the government to assess how deployment of green energy…
Tag Archives: department for energy security and net zero
Government sets out five-year plan for boosting national resilience against climate change
The UK government has published its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out its strategic five-year plan to boost resilience against climate change risks, which includes several measures to boost resilience of infrastructure assets.
The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the government to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)…
Renewable energy trade bodies call for urgent changes to bid processes
An urgent call to amend how renewable energy projects bid for contracts has been made to the government from three renewable energy trade bodies.
In a joint letter to the secretary of state for energy security and net zero Grant Shapps, RenewableUK, Energy UK and Scottish Renewables have called for changes…