04/10/2021 | Green hydrogen

UK must scale up renewables faster to achieve Prime Minister’s target of green electricity by 2035

04 October 2021 - RenewableUK press release


Commenting on the Prime Minister’s commitment to decarbonise electricity by 2035, RenewableUK's Chief Executive Dan McGrail said: 


“Scaling up on renewables is the best way to protect British consumers from gas price shocks and meet net zero. Wind alone is already generating a quarter of the UK’s electricity and our offshore wind capacity is set to quadruple by 2030. Boris Johnson deserves credit for backing the Climate Change Committee's urgent call to decarbonise electricity by 2035, but to make this a reality we need to move even faster, building more onshore and offshore wind projects without delay, as well as harnessing the full potential of innovative technologies like floating wind, renewable hydrogen and marine energy.


“That’s why we’re calling for Government to help remove the barriers which are getting in the way building of vital new projects, and for Ministers to go the extra mile by setting ambitious new targets for clean energy technologies across the board for 2030. This will enable us to decarbonise our electricity supply by 2035 - a landmark moment on the road to net zero emissions across the entire energy sector. The renewable energy industry is driving this change by attracting billions in investment and creating tens of thousands of high-quality jobs in the UK’s cutting-edge clean energy companies”. 


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