Welcoming GB Energy And Its Mission To Make Britain A Clean Energy Superpower
The title of this post, is the same as that of this press release from SSE.
This is the sub-heading.
Making Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030 is one of the new government’s five missions. The UK Government and Crown Estate have announced plans to join forces to create a new publicly owned energy firm. GB Energy will invest in homegrown, clean energy.
These are the first two paragraphs of SSE’s response to the announcement.
We welcome the focus of GB Energy on earlier stage technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), where the Government can de-risk projects and help accelerate the clean energy transition.
In areas such as offshore wind, where industry is already delivering mission-critical infrastructure, the biggest impact will be on delivering policies that speed up the build out of these essential projects.
It looks like SSE, see Great British Energy as a positive development.
The Anonymous Widower 
There’s quite a good summary of industry reaction to GBE at https://www.current-news.co.uk/great-british-energy-what-industry-wants/ I’d agree with much of what’s said here. Tidal stream for example has great potential in Britain, but atm the industry is largely small companies that are nowhere near enough to meet that potential. Major investment from a government body could get that market moving.
Comment by Peter Robins | September 3, 2024 |