PM outlines plan for a 'green industrial revolution'

The Government has announced a 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution in the UK, which recognises the key role decarbonising the energy system will play in this transformation to a cleaner future.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a 10-point plan that will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs.

Covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, the Prime Minister’s plan is particularly crucial in the run up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next year.
 

The 10 points

1. Offshore wind: Producing enough offshore wind to power every home, quadrupling how much we produce to 40GW by 2030, supporting up to 60,000 jobs.

2. Hydrogen: Working with industry aiming to generate 5GW of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for industry, transport, power and homes, and aiming to develop the first town heated entirely by hydrogen by the end of the decade.

3. Nuclear: Advancing nuclear as a clean energy source, across large-scale nuclear and developing the next generation of small and advanced reactors, which could support 10,000 jobs.

4. Electric vehicles: Backing UK car manufacturing bases to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and transforming our national infrastructure to better support electric vehicles.

5. Public transport, cycling and walking: Making cycling and walking more attractive ways to travel and investing in zero-emission public transport of the future.

6. Jet Zero and greener maritime: Supporting difficult-to-decarbonise industries to become greener through research projects for zero-emission planes and ships.

7. Homes and public buildings: Making UK homes, schools and hospitals greener, warmer and more energy efficient, while creating 50,000 jobs by 2030, and a target to install 600,000 heat pumps every year by 2028.

8. Carbon capture: Becoming a world-leader in technology to capture and store harmful emissions away from the atmosphere, with a target to remove 10MT of carbon dioxide by 2030, equivalent to all emissions of the industrial Humber today.

9. Nature: Protecting and restoring the natural environment, planting 30,000 hectares of trees every year, while creating and retaining thousands of jobs.

10. Innovation and finance: Developing the cutting-edge technologies needed to reach these new energy ambitions and make the City of London the global centre of green finance.


​​​​​​​Our CEO John Pettigrew says: “We welcome the ambition and commitment of the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan which will create significant new jobs across the country and help the UK reach net zero by 2050.”
 

Find out more about the 10-point plan