'Powering up Britain’ blueprint outlines national move to green energy security

Plans include a commitment to Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) and further developing offshore wind capability, investing in EV charging points, bringing down household energy bills, and reforming the planning process to enable the rollout of renewable energy projects.

In Powering up Britain, Grant Shapps, secretary of state for energy security and net zero, stated that a move towards homegrown sources of cleaner and more affordable energy will help reduce the country’s reliance on importing fossil fuels.

“We have seen over the past year what can happen when global energy supplies are disrupted, and a tyrant like Putin uses energy as a weapon,” he said in a statement. “Access to cheap, abundant and reliable energy provide the foundation stone of a thriving economy with our homes and businesses relying on it to deliver our future prosperity.”

Shapps continued: “Following our unprecedented cost of living support this winter, which continues, this plan now sets out how we fix this problem in the long term to deliver wholesale UK electricity prices that rank amongst the cheapest in Europe, as we export our green growth expertise to the world.”