Hot on the heels of the UK Government’s commitment to the most significant programme of investment in homegrown clean energy in the UK’s history, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, has talked through what energy transformation means for the UK in coming years.

First up is the biggest nuclear building programme in a generation. This comprises a £14.2bn investment to build Sizewell C nuclear plant. The equivalent of around 6m of today’s homes will be powered with energy from Sizewell C in the future.

The investment package includes confirmation of one of Europe’s first small modular reactor programmes as well as record investment in R&D for fusion energy, worth over £2.5bn over five years.

The UK Government has also confirmed two major carbon capture projects in Aberdeenshire and the Humber. The projects are set to remove CO2 emissions before they reach the atmosphere and store them safely. This is crucial to securing Britain’s industrial manufacturing future and tackling the climate crisis. Funding builds on and provides more construction support for two more advanced projects in Liverpool Bay and Teesside.

Further, the UK Government has announced a £500m boost for hydrogen infrastructure development. It says that the funding will unlock hydrogen’s unique role in Britain’s energy system, where it can decarbonise industrial sectors including refineries and heavy transport, while providing long-term energy storage that can be deployed during peak demand periods.

Finally, the UK Government and Great British Energy, the UK’s publicly owned clean power company, have joined forces with industry and The Crown Estate to invest £1bn in offshore wind supply chains.

This investment will power the next generation of offshore wind in Britain by backing the manufacturing of turbines, floating platforms, HVDC cables, and cutting-edge technologies, alongside upgrading vital port infrastructure from Leith and Teesside to Great Yarmouth and Port Talbot.