Tag Archives: energy act

Ed Davey MP writes: Energy Act will create 200,000 green jobs

We will have to get used to calling it an Act, as the Energy Bill that I’ve been driving through Parliament is now law.

Creating the world’s first ever low carbon electricity market is a major achievement for the Liberal Democrats and the Coalition.  And it has been delivered on time.

So, what will the Energy Act deliver?

It will create 200,000 green jobs.

The framework we’ve now put in place will create 250,000 jobs in the energy sector by 2020 – and 200,000 of them in renewables.  The investment that we’re unlocking will produce green jobs up and down the country in offshore …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged and | 16 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Tristan Ward
    "This is a powerful condemnation of neoliberalism." No it isn't. As previously noted it is a set of whinges with a certain amount of inaccuracy (*). They ...
  • Peter Davies
    I think you could claim that a dogmatic insistance on a single ownership model has failed. Labour brought the "crowning heights" of the economy into public own...
  • Judy Abel
    @David Thank you. You put it so well. The pendulum has swing too far - too many are being fleeced now by ruthless private interests, both consumers and the stat...
  • David Allen
    This is a powerful condemnation of neoliberalism. Claims that other factors beside neoliberalism can sometimes also be significant serve only to muddy the wate...
  • Judy Abel
    @Veronica I couldn’t agree with you more. So much environmental harm done just to save around 35 minutes on a railway journey is actually awful, not forgettin...