Keir Starmer’s proposals for a publicly-owned company called Great British Energy to invest in clean and renewable energy are a central plank of Labour’s green energy goal to almost entirely remove fossil fuels from UK electricity production by 2030, five years earlier than current government plans.
But there are two criticisms of this green energy goal.
The first comes from the Conservatives, who argue that this rapid decarbonisation timetable will push up households’ energy bills.
The second comes from some energy analysts who simply don’t think electricity decarbonisation as soon as 2030 is practically achievable.
So are these criticisms fair?
There’s no question that the Labour target is highly ambitious.
According to estimates from Aurora Energy, (who were commissioned by the right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange to carry out the research), it would require the total installed UK offshore wind generating capacity to more than triple over the next six years.
Solar electricity generation and onshore wind generating capacity would need to roughly double.
This would be to replace the electricity currently provided by gas-fired power stations.
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