Responding to Labour’s announcement on the clean energy grid, Greenpeace UK’s Head of Politics, Rebecca Newsom, said:
“It’s encouraging to see Labour taking this critical step to unlocking the UK’s renewable potential. Our outdated energy grid is one of the biggest barriers to the clean energy transition, it’s blocking us from genuine energy security, lower bills, and benefits for the climate that renewables would bring.
“It’s good to see the use of GB Energy to proactively tackle shortages and inflation in the grid supply chain, but in order to make sure this plan is robust, we need to hear more on how Labour would speed up the planning system. This includes fast-track delivering the offshore grid in harmony with nature, and smart local upgrades to ensure all properties are well connected to power supplies. The next days of the party conference are a chance to flesh out these details.”
