How can the government accelerate its clean power mission?
4 February 2025, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: Online / Institute for Government, 2 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA
Think tank: Institute for Government
This event hosted by UK think tank the Institute for Government will discuss the potential pitfalls to achieving Labour’s clean power commitments.
Decarbonising the power system by 2030 and accelerating to net zero is one of Labour’s five key missions. But this extremely ambitious target means moving much faster than the previous government managed. So how much progress has the Labour government already made, and what more could it do to speed up delivery?
The government’s first weeks in office saw it remove restrictions on onshore wind farms and put GB Energy and the National Wealth Fund into motion. So what impact have these actions had? What other steps could the government take to accelerate its missions?
And what are the potential pitfalls to look out for, both to achieving the clean power mission and then accelerating to net zero?
Speakers
Rosa Hodgkin – Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government
Fintan Slye – CEO of the National Energy System Operator
Chris Stark – Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030
Dhara Vyas – CEO of Energy UK
The event will be chaired by Jill Rutter – Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.
