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ALT Sir John Armitt: This bold and broad-ranging package of measures should deliver a planning system optimised to enable the significant amounts of new energy, transport and water infrastructure the country will need to thrive over the long term. “I’m pleased government has heeded our call to provide benefits to individuals and communities hosting new energy infrastructure, and the figures outlined should win over doubters. By adopting a spatial approach to planning decisions, enabling more streamlined decisions on major infrastructure projects and funding better environmental mitigation, the Bill covers all the bases for an infrastructure planning system built for speed, fairness and sustainable growth
ALT Sir John Armitt: “The CCC is right to say that the path ahead is clear. The future is electrified and government needs to get on and deliver it. As our second National Infrastructure Assessment showed, electric vehicles and heat pumps will decarbonise the economy, lower bills and deliver greater energy security. “But for this to happen, government must now put in the hard yards and enable the transition. Making electricity cheaper relative to gas is essential to enabling the switch to heat pumps – that should be its top priority. And there needs to be sustained financial and non-financial support to help households make the switch, especially for those on lower incomes.”
ALT A large wind turbine and solar panels on the right and text on the left with the NEPC welcoming the National Infrastructure Commission’s report. The text includes a quote from Professor Nilay Shah saying "It’s increasingly clear that decarbonising the GB electricity system will also require a huge boost to the engineering workforce, with an estimated 200,000 more engineers and technicians needed in the energy sector by 2030. The report published today further highlights the skills deficits that the National Engineering Policy Centre’s own analysis identified and called for a UK-wide engineering workforce strategy to address, both in the short term and beyond 2030.”
ALT Ongoing reforms to connections and system planning at the national level must be met with equivalent efforts at the regional distribution level - Charles Wood, Deputy Director Energy UK
ALT Nick Winser, National Infrastructure Commissioner, said: “The days of our electricity coming from a few fossil fuel plants are over. A third of our generation already connects directly to the local network and more will follow over coming decades, and we also expect the future of heating and transport to be mainly electric. So we need an electricity distribution system that’s flexible and smart enough to optimise the benefits of this bigger and more complex network and drive down costs for consumers as quickly as possible. “Every part of our electricity sector must play its part in supporting economic growth, and distribution networks are no exception. But that requires a more strategic approach that empowers proactive investment and ensures network operators do more to make connections easier and faster for more businesses.”
ALT Image of flood defences with text reading "are our flood resilience systems fit for purpose Wednesday 22 January 2.30pm watch on parliament live.
