Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom told the Commons BEIS Committee that the Energy White Paper, which had originally be targeted for summer 2019, would not be released until Q1 2020. Speaking during an evidence session on the work of BEIS on Tuesday 15 October, she said the reason for the delay…
On Friday 6 September, Chair of the Science and Technology Committee Norman Lamb made a select committee statement following the publication of the Committee’s report, Clean growth: Technologies for meeting emissions reduction targets in August. Lamb called for the Government to develop a strategy for decarbonising heating, suggesting that a…
The Commons Science and Technology Committee has made a series of recommendations to the government to help the UK achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, in a report published today (Thursday 22 August). These include: a strategy for decarbonising heat; an incentive scheme for home energy efficiency improvements; bringing…
Interim Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore told the BEIS Committee that the five-year review of the 2050 net zero target could result in it being brought forward to 2045. During an evidence session on Tuesday 16 July, he said it could be brought forward if technologies advanced enough…
Consumers are facing difficulty accessing the water, energy, telecoms and financial services, according to a recent report by the Public Accounts Committee. Published on Friday 12 July, it finds that despite common issues, individual regulators often take inconsistent approaches and have not made enough progress in working together and with…
Interim Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore has confirmed that the government is not set to increase the 6GW capacity cap for the third Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round to support the UK’s net zero carbon target. It follows a written question posed to the minister on Monday…
Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry has told the BEIS Committee that achieving EPC Band C certification to improve energy efficiency in households by 2035 will require a total capital investment of £35-65bn, according to BEIS estimates. During the hearing held on Wednesday 24 April, Perry noted the figure,…
Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry has said that she is “confident” that the UK will meet the fourth and fifth carbon budgets in the timeframe given. She was responding to a question during a Commons Science and Technology Committee evidence session on Tuesday 23 April. MPs highlighted the…
The Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Transport (DfT) has said that the government is unlikely to meet the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) target for 9% electric vehicles (EVs) by 2020. Professor Phil Blythe made the statement during an Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) hearing on Tuesday 2 April.…
Witnesses in the second session of a hearing of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday 2 April told MPs that UK energy storage is not on track to help meet carbon reduction targets. National Grid System Operator Director of Operations Duncan Burt said that for shorter-term storage the…