Sir Keir Starmer unveils plan to deliver cheaper zero-carbon energy by 2030

Sir Keir Starmer has laid out how the Labour Party would place green energy at the centre of a future government.

His target is for Britain to produce all its electricity from low-carbon energy sources - nuclear, wind and solar - by 2030.

Sky's political editor Beth Rigby reports.

#sirkeirstarmer #labourplans #greenenergy

[neilmartin]

23 MILLION HOMES HAVE GAS BOILERS THIS MAN WILL BE A DISASTER

[StormGuy.Productions]

net zero is the stupedest thing ever it just means less and more expensive energy. not voting for the labour party because of this. at least the conservatives invest in nuclear energy

[NoWindNoSunNoPower]

He didn’t unveil a plan. He presented an unobtainable objective. A very expensive unobtainable objective.

[amfearliathmor]

Its pretty disturbing that the Electrical Engineering Degree course back in the 1980s required books like 'Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists' by A. Eastop, T.D. McConkey (who was a lecturer at Dundee Institutue of Technology) and now energy policy is being determined by a Pointless Political Retardation, who has absolutely no conception of the consequences of a NetZero Policy and the damage to lives and poverty it will create let alone the deaths.

[amfearliathmor]

On the 12th of December 2022 the wind didn't blow and the sun didn't shine and the combined energy generation from wind and solar was around 3 Gigawatts with 45+ Gigawatt load demand. The light and heating across the nation would have failed if Starmer has his NetZero way and a potential Black Start, which can take weeks, would have possibly been required. The Result. Blackout UK 2013
But in the midst of a freezing -10 C winter.

[pjj]

So more net zero, more green, more ... Tory ? struggling to tell the difference between the two WEF parties again 😂🎉

[imperatorvespasian]

coal power stations, Russia supplies oil, Uranium and Lithium, your back to coal mate

[mrmrgaming]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought Starmer was getting involved with the missing Titanic mini-sub.

[hilarymiseroy]

The announcement of a plan with no detail whatever. A new nationalised [so the losses can be easily hidden] company called Great British Energy sounds ominous.

[amfearliathmor]

I did some calculations a few years ago on the requirement for the electrification of just the Private vehicle transport in the UK to replace the automotive fuels and the cost it would require. The UK would effectively require another UK Electrical Generation Grid in addition to the one that is already in place. The energy duty cycles would require a steady base load that Solar and Wind Generation are incapable of delievering so it would require around 30-40 Gigawat+ Nuclear Power Stations at over 1 £trillion combined with an EV fast charger network costing around another 1 £trillion. Interesting enough some far more detailed projected costs by more knowledgeable industry insiders say £3 Trillion in total (more than the UK National Debt). £28 Billion a year is a piss in the bucket for the NetZero and the Uranium would have to purchased from Vladimir Putins Uranium One mining company.

[clintskinner]

"Zero-carbon energy". Tell me how are wind farms and solar panels made and with what resources?

[Writeousne]

i was all ears until the plan starts with borrowing 100 billion. the actual idea is great, the borrowing and state owned energy - not so great.

what would be better is offering the opportunity to private energy companies - in exchange for their investment they would receive long term contracts to supply energy to the british public - how ever these contracts would require that the companies can only make X amount of profit on each unit of electricity and any money that goes over that profit be equally divided and refunded to all customers at the end of every tax year.

[chrismichaelchristodoulide]

Big words but who is going to pay for it; they all promise before they become a government. He never said anything about the war in Ukraine and the environmental catastrophe that is causing.

[robertlockwood]

KS just makes my skin crawl. Insidious creep.

[mileschurch]

This cheap energy is going to cost a fortune!

[davidkarl]

SIR KIER STARMER, Sir Jimmy Savile, Sir Edward Heath, Sir Cyril Smith, Sir Leon Britain, Sir Rolf Harris, Sir Stuart Hall. And let's not forget Starmer was the reason Savile got off as he was QC.

[aleksandraamo]

FYI solar panels don’t work if it’s too sunny 🧐

[amfearliathmor]

NetZero in the UK could be achievable if the Deagel Report UK population projections for 2025 are met. Perhaps Starmer has some Trilateral Commission Inside information on the forthcoming UK Megadeath.

[richardtodd]

Hope & pray…like every other labour plan…no substance

[princeginger]

yea and how we going to store solar and turbines power with out using lithium batt
which cause more damage to mine