Recommendation 1

To deliver the Government’s target to decarbonise the power system by 2035, the UK needs to deploy low-carbon technologies at a faster rate than has been achieved historically. A whole host of regulatory and policy barriers continue to impede the deployment of clean technologies. The evidence submitted to our inquiry made clear that, at the current rate of policy delivery, the UK Government will miss its target to decarbonise power by 2035. While the Government’s “Powering Up Britain” plans outline a suite of actions that would help it get on track, its focus must now be an unrelenting drive to deliver them.