Environmental Audit Committee

The UK government will identify and address the market, policy and regulatory barriers holding back the development of long-term energy storage projects.

An Environmental Audit Committee report found that problems accessing the electricity grid hold back many planned renewable energy projects.

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has deemed the UK aviation industry’s decarbonisation journey “significantly slower” than others.

​While the stretched renewable generation targets are welcome, there needs to be a greater focus on the potential of onshore wind to be rolled out rapidly in the short term, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has stated.

Government departments “lack a central coordination function to deliver green jobs”, the Environmental Audit Committee has said following the publication of the government’s response to its Green Jobs report.

​The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned that "actions speak louder than words" following the early closure of the Green Homes Grant.

​The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has lent its weight to calls for the Green Homes Grant to be rolled over beyond the end of March 2021.

​The cost of electricity could cause the rollout of heat pumps to fail, as the technology must be made affordable for consumers.

​In light of news that it will take the UK 700 years to move to low carbon heating at its current speed, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has announced an inquiry into heat pumps.