labour energy goals guide

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Labour - Energy Goals

Renewable Energy

  • National mission for clean power by 2030

  • 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

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

Labour Party Manifesto 2024