Prime minister Keir Starmer has confirmed the Great British Energy (GBE) headquarters (HQ) will be located in Aberdeen with two satellite sites serving the HQ in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The Urban Transport Group and Arup have published a new report, setting out an ambitious vision to transform rail and urban transport in the UK.
The Great British Energy Bill has passed through parliament with a majority of 253 where MPs voted 348 to 95 in favour.
The prime minister Keir Starmer has met with the Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan to “reset” relationships between the two nations in making Britain a “clean energy superpower”.
The government has announced the new public, clean energy organisation Great British Energy will partner with the Crown Estate to build more offshore wind farms and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS).
Plans for a publicly owned power company headquartered in Scotland and backed by £8.3bn capitalisaion have been made official through the Great British Energy Bill, which will “help accelerate investment in renewable energy”.
The state-backed power company Great British Energy (GBE) can play a positive role in the energy transition if managed correctly, but complexities exist around integration with Great British Nuclear (GBN) and grid supply chains.
The Labour Party has pledged to develop a 10-year infrastructure strategy to “guide investment plans and give the private sector certainty about the project pipeline”.
Labour has promised to reform the UK’s energy sector under new publicly owned body GB Energy, with more emphasis on renewables and energy security while delivering more jobs and lower bills for customers, should it come into government.
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