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The REA has welcomed the CCC report calling for swifter
action on decarbonisation;
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The new report illustrates the mix of solutions
necessary to achieve the Government’s Energy Security
Strategy;
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Government must urgently address the major barriers to
deployment, including ensuring low carbon generation can
quickly get through planning, connect to the grid, and attract
investment;
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The REA says that the CCC couldn’t be clearer,
delivering a secure and decarbonised power system needs urgent
action today.
The REA (the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean
Technology) has welcomed today’s report on UK grid
decarbonisation by the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
Based on new and detailed modelling of the decarbonised power
system in 2035, this new report demonstrates the mix of solutions
required to achieve the Government’s Energy Security Strategy,
changes needed to the design of electricity markets, insights
into hydrogen use and the challenge of how to manage
climate-related risks to the energy system.
The REA echoes statements within the report, saying that urgent
action must be taken in the form of:
- Investing in the UK’s power grid to ensure new generation can
connect quickly;
- Significantly speeding up the planning system so that
projects can move ahead in a reasonable time frame;
- Ensuring a route to market for a wide range of low carbon
generation and storage technologies.
Mark Sommerfeld, Head of Power and Flexibility
at the REA (the Association for Renewable Energy
and Clean Technology) said:
“The CCC today have demonstrated that government must rapidly
address barriers to deployment of renewable and low carbon
infrastructure, in order to significantly increase deployment, if
the UK is to deliver a secure, affordable and decarbonised power
system.
“Today this means urgently investing in our power grid to
ensure new generation can connect quickly; significantly speeding
up the planning system so that projects can move ahead in a
reasonable time frame; and ensuring a route to market for a wide
range of low carbon generation and storage
technologies.
“With the spring budget coming up next week, Government must
also re-establish the UK as an attractive market for low carbon
investment. With investors increasingly being attracted to the US
and the EU, the chancellor must consider reforms to the UK’s tax
system to reopen the investment pipelines for new projects. This
includes providing capital allowances for those investing in
renewable and low carbon power technologies, while also
shortening the period that the new tax on renewable generation
(the Electricity Generator Levy) will be in place.
“The CCC couldn’t be clearer, delivering a secure and
decarbonised power system needs urgent action today.”
