Powering up Britain report March 2023
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− | + | = 1. Providing a clean, secure energy supply = | |
− | + | == Power Generation. == | |
− | + | === Great British Nuclear (GBN) & the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) - === | |
− | + | Future Nuclear Enabling Fund of up to £120 million | |
− | + | === Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS) === | |
− | + | 160 million to kick start investment in port infrastructure projects | |
− | + | === Solar === | |
− | + | fivefold increase in solar by 2035, up to 70GW, enough to power around 20 million homes. recommendation from the Independent Review of Net Zero to set up a taskforce to deliver on this ambition. | |
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+ | == New clean energy systems and infrastructure == | ||
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+ | === Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) === | ||
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+ | up to £20 billion funding announced at Spring Budget. CCUS is also vital to unleash scale up of key greenhouse gas removal technologies (GGRs), like direct air carbon capture and storage and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, to balance residual emissions from hard to abate sectors. | ||
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+ | === Hydrogen === | ||
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+ | ambition to have up to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 could generate enough clean electricity to power all of London for a year. Today, we are confirming the first winning projects from the £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund. £11 billion in private investment by 2030 | ||
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+ | === Grid === | ||
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+ | The Electricity Networks Commissioner has been tasked to advise government on what more can be done to accelerate grid delivery, and will present recommendations to Ministers in June. We will respond with an action plan this year. Alongside the focus on accelerating investment in the grid, we are working with industry and Ofgem to reform the grid connections process, at both transmission and distribution levels, which is delaying both generation and demand projects in parts of the country. We will publish a connections action plan in the summ | ||
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+ | === Planning === | ||
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+ | National Planning Policy Framework - generally for local plan-making and decisions, the energy National Policy Statements - specifically for nationally significant decisions, and Electricity Act planning. The Government are publishing five revised energy NPS covering Renewables, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Electricity Networks and Gas Generation, and an overarching Energy Statement for consultation. This includes a new requirement for offshore wind to be considered as “critical national infrastructure”. Recognising that onshore wind is an efficient, | ||
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+ | === Electricity Market Reform === | ||
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+ | et out a long-term pathway for the UK ETS. We will work with the ETS Authority to set out one this year. | ||
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+ | = 2. Addressing demand by increasing efficiency for homes and businesses = | ||
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+ | Energy Efficiency | ||
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+ | Energy Company Obligation scheme – the Great British Insulation Scheme – to deliver £1 billion additional investment by March 2026 in energy efficiency upgrades, such as loft and cavity wall insulation. Supporting around 300,000 of the country’s least energy efficient homes to save around £300-£400 each year, it will extend help to a wider group of people living in the least efficient homes in the lower Council tax bands as well as boosting help for those on the lowest incomes. consult by the end of this year on how to improve the energy efficiency of owner-occupied homes. | ||
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Revision as of 12:23, 31 March 2023
Contents |
1. Providing a clean, secure energy supply
Power Generation.
Great British Nuclear (GBN) & the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) -
Future Nuclear Enabling Fund of up to £120 million
Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS)
160 million to kick start investment in port infrastructure projects
Solar
fivefold increase in solar by 2035, up to 70GW, enough to power around 20 million homes. recommendation from the Independent Review of Net Zero to set up a taskforce to deliver on this ambition.
New clean energy systems and infrastructure
Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS)
up to £20 billion funding announced at Spring Budget. CCUS is also vital to unleash scale up of key greenhouse gas removal technologies (GGRs), like direct air carbon capture and storage and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, to balance residual emissions from hard to abate sectors.
Hydrogen
ambition to have up to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 could generate enough clean electricity to power all of London for a year. Today, we are confirming the first winning projects from the £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund. £11 billion in private investment by 2030
Grid
The Electricity Networks Commissioner has been tasked to advise government on what more can be done to accelerate grid delivery, and will present recommendations to Ministers in June. We will respond with an action plan this year. Alongside the focus on accelerating investment in the grid, we are working with industry and Ofgem to reform the grid connections process, at both transmission and distribution levels, which is delaying both generation and demand projects in parts of the country. We will publish a connections action plan in the summ
Planning
National Planning Policy Framework - generally for local plan-making and decisions, the energy National Policy Statements - specifically for nationally significant decisions, and Electricity Act planning. The Government are publishing five revised energy NPS covering Renewables, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Electricity Networks and Gas Generation, and an overarching Energy Statement for consultation. This includes a new requirement for offshore wind to be considered as “critical national infrastructure”. Recognising that onshore wind is an efficient,
Electricity Market Reform
et out a long-term pathway for the UK ETS. We will work with the ETS Authority to set out one this year.
2. Addressing demand by increasing efficiency for homes and businesses
Energy Efficiency
Energy Company Obligation scheme – the Great British Insulation Scheme – to deliver £1 billion additional investment by March 2026 in energy efficiency upgrades, such as loft and cavity wall insulation. Supporting around 300,000 of the country’s least energy efficient homes to save around £300-£400 each year, it will extend help to a wider group of people living in the least efficient homes in the lower Council tax bands as well as boosting help for those on the lowest incomes. consult by the end of this year on how to improve the energy efficiency of owner-occupied homes.
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