Plans setting out how the government will enhance our country’s
energy security, seize the economic opportunities of the
transition, and deliver on our net zero commitments.
From:
Department for Energy
Security and Net Zero
Published
30 March 2023
Last updated
4 April 2023 — See all updates
Documents
Powering Up
Britain
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Powering Up
Britain
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Powering Up Britain:
Energy Security Plan
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Powering Up Britain:
Energy Security Plan
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Powering Up Britain: Energy
Security Plan - charts and sources
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Powering Up Britain: Net
Zero Growth Plan
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Technical
annex
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-growth-plan-and-carbon-budget-delivery-plan-analysis-methodology
Carbon
Budget Delivery Plan
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carbon-budget-delivery-plan
Committee
on Climate Change 2022 progress report: government
response
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-change-2022-progress-report-government-response
Independent
Review of Net Zero: government response
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-net-zero-government-response
Details
Powering Up Britain
Energy security is one of this government’s greatest priorities –
and why the Prime Minister created the new Department for Energy
Security and Net Zero in February. The new department’s mission
is to replace our energy with cheaper, cleaner, domestic
sources. We will be powered by renewables including wind and
solar, hydrogen, power with carbon capture, usage and storage
(CCUS) and
new nuclear plants - while recognising the vital role that UK oil
and gas will play in the transition. This will make us much more
energy independent, to protect us from volatile international
energy markets, while underpinning our clean energy transition,
so the UK becomes a net zero economy by 2050. The energy
transition in line with net zero is one of the greatest economic
opportunities for this country and we are committed to ensuring
that the UK takes advantage of its early mover status.
Powering Up Britain sets out the
department’s approach to energy security and net zero, and acts
as an introduction to Powering Up Britain: Energy
Security Plan, and Powering Up Britain: Net
Zero Growth Plan, both of which are complementary and
should be read alongside each other.
Powering Up Britain: Energy Security Plan
Together with the Powering Up Britain: Net Zero
Growth Plan, this document sets out the steps the
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is taking to ensure
the UK is more energy independent, secure and resilient. The plan
will build on our ambitions set out in the British Energy Security
Strategy and the Net Zero
Strategy to enable the transformation of the energy
system so it is secure, low-cost and low-carbon. We will move
towards energy independence by aiming for a doubling of Britain’s
electricity generation capacity by the late 2030s, in line with
our aim to fully decarbonise the power sector by 2035, subject to
security of supply, whilst recognising the role that UK’s oil and
gas sector will play in that transition.
This plan is complemented by the Net Zero Growth Plan, with a
focus on our long-term decarbonisation trajectory and how it can
improve the UK’s competitiveness, deliver an industrial
renaissance and level up the whole of the United Kingdom. It
should be read together with this plan.
Powering Up Britain: Net Zero Growth Plan
Together with the Powering Up Britain: Energy
Security Plan, this document sets out how the Department
for Energy Security and Net Zero aims to enhance the UK’s energy
security, seize the economic opportunities of the transition, and
deliver on our net zero commitments. This plan:
- responds to the expert recommendations made in
the Independent Review of Net
Zero, chaired by MP
- sets out the actions we will take to ensure the UK remains a
leader in the net zero transition, by ensuring we drive
investment into key green industries like offshore
wind, CCUS, and nuclear
- acts as our annual update against the Net Zero Strategy, both
on a national and local level
- responds to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) Annual Progress Report
in 2022
- sets out the package of policies and proposals that will help
us to meet carbon budgets up to carbon budget 6 in 2037
