Thread by @dpcarrington

ok, brace yourselves...

a thread on expert reaction to the UK #EnergyStrategy -

“Nothing is said about improving energy efficiency. The first line of any new energy policy in the UK should read ‘insulate, insulate, insulate’." Prof Jon Gluyas, Durham Energy Institute

1/n

"This is not the holistic energy security strategy UK needs. It is half a strategy, focused on energy supply. Once again, government has missed an opportunity to provide more immediate relief to families facing very high energy bills" Prof @watsonjim2 @ucl
#EnergyStrategy
2/n

“The absence of any near term strategy on how to deal with transport and the high cost of personal travel is simply mind boggling. The recent reduction in fuel duty on fossil petrol and diesel was textbook regressive" Christian Brand @UKERCHQ
#EnergyStrategy
3/n

“Defining feature of this #EnergyStrategy is incoherence. It doesn’t know what problem it is trying to solve and thus fails to solve any. [It] ignores energy efficiency and kicks the only short-term supply option [onshore wind] into the long grass"
Prof @MichaelGrubb9 @UCL
4/n

“The potential benefits [energy efficiency] are now bigger than ever, and we again call on government to set out a costed, long term plan for meeting its own targets and help households and the planet”
Sir John Armitt,@NatInfraCom
#EnergyStrategy
5/n

"By ignoring demand reduction, spurning onshore wind, and failing to provide adequate fiscal support the government has prioritised nimbyism and fiscal ideology, leaving the public, rather than Putin, out in the cold"
@danielrportis @InstituteGC
#EnergyStrategy
6/n

"Delay [on energy efficiency] will only increase the burden on UK bill payers and slow progress away from Russian gas and action on climate change. This is a go slow strategy in a fast moving world.”
@whittso @cisl_cambridge
#EnergyStrategy
7/n

"We could reduce global emissions by 40-70% by 2050 via demand-side actions – there are certainly huge opportunities in the UK" Professor @PDevinewright University of Exeter. Lack of measures a "vital omission"
#EnergyStrategy
8/n

"Govt has prioritised policies keeping us dependent on high-cost fossil fuels and nuclear power. This isn’t an energy security strategy. It is a national security threat and the person who will be happiest with it is Vladimir Putin.”
@Ed_Matthew1 @e3g
#EnergyStrategy
9/n

But some people are happy...

“The #EnergyStrategy breathes new life into the North Sea, giving investors confidence to allocate significant capital," Sam Laidlaw at oil company Neptune Energy

10/n

“This is a truly momentous day for the offshore wind industry and for every consumer in the UK. We are making the changes we need to make offshore wind the backbone of the UK electricity system"
Duncan Clark, @OrstedUK
11/n

“This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ensure an orderly transition to net zero while bolstering the UK’s energy security and @Shell is ready to play our part"
Ben van Beurden, Shell CEO

#EnergyStrategy
12/12

a late entry....
“Govt has potentially put in place, with Future System Operator, means to implement #EnergyStrategy but it [lacks] necessary funding/actions on short-term crisis - many families will be choosing between food or heating this winter.”
Dan Gladwin @sheffielduni

and another

“New IPCC report and UK research show energy demand can be halved by 2050, whilst improving our quality of life. But the #EnergyStrategy focusses on expensive and slow supply technologies. It will fail to deliver what is needed.”
Prof @NickEyre University of Oxford

one more

“Energy policy is commonly seen as having three goals – ensuring a secure supply, delivering affordable energy and reducing CO2 emissions in the face of climate change. The #EnergyStrategy fails on all three counts"
Bridget Woodman, University of Exeter

oh - and this
“Govt are taking a ‘big bet’ on dinosaurs when they could have backed mammals. Any nuclear project is inevitably hugely expensive, runs over time and budget, and leaves waste we still don’t know how to deal with"
Sarah Darby, University of Oxford
#EnergyStrategy