It was an enormous week for GB’s electrical energy system with the closure of Ratcliffe. Whereas the nation’s objective of zero carbon from energy has been accelerated to 2030, longer timeframes clearly give firms – and crucially employees – scope to arrange.
Because the UK waves goodbye to coal, the authorities is ushering in CCS. There’s an intention to seize 20-30mn tonnes per yr of CO2 as Starmer lastly delivers on the long-awaited Monitor 1 CCS challenge funding that was promised by the earlier Conservative authorities.
Speaking of targets, there’s additionally a lot ambition for offshore wind. And there was progress this week, for example with the progressive Salamander floating wind challenge submitting an onshore consent software. There’s a rising sense the UK will fall wanting its large plans, the trick is to try to keep away from changing into disheartened.
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