Election 2024 - Energy Policy
Conservatives
Net Zero
Committed to delivering net zero by 2050
Renewable Energy
Treble offshore wind capacity
Invest £1.1 billion into the Green Industries Growth Accelerator
Support Scotland’s energy workforce transition to new industries including offshore wind, hydrogen and tidal
Voucher scheme to support the installation of solar panels
Nuclear Energy
Scale up nuclear power
Deliver a new gigawatt power plant
Approve two new fleets of Small Modular Reactors
Halve the time it takes for new nuclear reactors to be approve
Gas & Oil
Legislate to ensure annual licensing rounds for oil and gas production from the North Sea
Plan to open new gas power stations
Energy Storage
Build the first two carbon capture and storage clusters
National Grid
Implementing the recommendations of the Winser Review
Cut waiting times to get a grid connection
Rapid review into the advantages of alternative network technologies
Home Efficiency
Invest £6 billion in energy efficiency over the next three years
Voucher scheme to support the installation of energy efficiency measures
Electric Vehicles
Ensure charging infrastructure is truly nationwide, including rapid charging
Delivering the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate to support manufacturers
Labour
Net Zero
National mission for clean power by 2030
Renewable Energy
Create a new publicly-owned clean power company, Great British Energy. Together with industry and trade unions to deliver clean power by co-investing in leading technologies
Work with the private sector to double onshore wind, triple solar power, and quadruple offshore wind by 2030
Invest in hydrogen and marine energy
Nuclear Energy
Extend the lifetime of existing plants
Get Hinkley Point C over the line
New nuclear power stations, such as Sizewell C, and Small Modular Reactors
Gas & Oil
Maintain a strategic reserve of gas power stations
Will not revoke existing licences
Ensure a phased and responsible transition in the North Sea
Close the loopholes in the windfall tax on oil and gas
Energy Storage
Invest in carbon capture storage
National Grid
Work with industry to upgrade the national transmission infrastructure and rewire Britain
Home Efficiency
Grants and low interest loans to support investment in insulation and low carbon heating
Electric Vehicles
Accelerate the roll out of charge points
A phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines
Support buyers of second-hand electric cars by standardising the information supplied on the condition of batteries
Liberal Democrats
Net Zero
Committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2045 at the latest
Renewable Energy
Invest in renewable power so that 90% of the UK’s electricity is generated from renewables by 2030
Invest in green hydrogen
Expand incentives for households to install solar panels
Gas & Oil
Maintain the ban on fracking and introducing a ban on new coal mines
Energy Storage
Invest in pumped storage and battery capability
National Grid
Build the grid infrastructure required, facilitated by a strategic Land and Sea Use Framework
Home Efficiency
Free insulation and heat pumps for those on low incomes, and ensure that all new homes are zero-carbon
Electric Vehicles
Make it cheaper and easier for drivers to switch to electric vehicles by rapidly rolling out far more charging points
Reintroduce the plug-in car grant
Restore the requirement that every new car and small van sold from 2030 is zero-emission
Green Party
Net Zero
Zero-carbon society as soon as possible, and more than a decade ahead of 2050
Renewable Energy
Wind to provide around 70% of the UK’s electricity by 2030
Deliver 80GW of offshore wind, 53 GW of onshore wind, and 100 GW of solar by 2035
Nuclear Energy
Phase-out of nuclear energy
Gas & Oil
Cancel recent fossil fuel licences and stop all new fossil fuel extraction projects
Remove all oil and gas subsidies
Introduce a carbon tax on all fossil fuel imports and domestic extraction
Energy Storage
Invest in energy storage capacity and more efficient electricity distribution
National Grid
Invest in energy storage capacity and more efficient electricity distribution
Home Efficiency
Local-authority-led programme to insulate homes and provide clean heat
Electric Vehicles
Deliver a zero-carbon electricity supply with sufficient electricity for all cars and vans to be electric
Reform UK
Net Zero
Scrap net zero and related subsidies
Renewable Energy
Scrap annual £10 billion of renewable energy subsidies
Future focus on clean synthetic fuel and tidal power
Nuclear Energy
Fast-track clean nuclear energy with new Small Modular Reactors, built in Britain
Gas & Oil
Start fast-track licences of North Sea gas and oil
Grant shale gas licences on test sites
Future focus on combined cycle gas turbines
Explore clean coal mining
Energy Storage
Increase and incentivise ethical UK lithium mining for electric batteries
Electric Vehicles
No legal requirements for manufacturers to sell electric cars
