The UK’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has pledged to streamline the approval process of 150 major infrastructure projects as the government reiterates its commitment to clean power by 2030.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published its response to a consultation on land rights for electricity network infrastructure.
Plans for transmission infrastructure connecting two offshore wind Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) to the Lancashire coast have been accepted for pre-examination by the UK government.
Three organisations from across the energy and planning sectors have come together to examine how the UK’s renewable energy planning system could be improved to hit renewable energy capacity targets.
