What will the UK’s clean energy by 2030 plan mean for the industry and public?

Date: 2024-11-05
An online energy bill
It is possible that people’s energy bills could fall if they are no longer exposed to the volatile international gas market. Photograph: Jacob King/PA
It is possible that people’s energy bills could fall if they are no longer exposed to the volatile international gas market. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

What will the UK’s clean energy by 2030 plan mean for the industry and public?

Labour is relying on offshore wind and a move away from gas to make Britain a green energy economy but the transition will not be cheap

The Labour government came to power with a bold agenda to create a clean electricity system by 2030 to help make Great Britain a green energy superpower.

This week its vision has found a route towards becoming a reality in an independent report from the National Energy System Operator (Neso). The system operator’s twin pathways may help to assuage the sceptics: it found that the government’s clean power plan is technically possible by the end of the decade – but only if urgent action is taken to speed up Britain’s green agenda.

Here’s what Britain’s energy system could look like in 2030.