If we don't invest in the infrastructure needed for carbon capture and storage technology now, it could be much more expensive to meet our climate change targets in the future, getting the infrastructure in place takes time and the government needs to ensure that we can start fitting gas-fired power stations with carbon capture and storage technology in the 2020s.

Angus MacNeil

Categorized in : Environment

The UK can't afford any further delays when it comes to replacing dirty power stations, investors need certainty and setting a decarbonisation target for the electricity sector would signal the government's commitment to phasing out fossil fuels.

There is uncertainty around the events of November 4, but it is crucial that Ofgem establish whether major electricity generators are manipulating power prices during periods of insufficient supply, we will be writing to the energy regulator to ensure that it examines such potential abuses of the system.