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Industry Calls For Decarbonisation Target At Centre Of Energy And Climate Change Policy

13 December 2011

New approach to policy must be simpler, send clearer signals and pay greater heed to competitiveness says EEF

EEF, the manufacturers' organisation is calling on government to introduce a decarbonisation target for 2030 as part of a revamped energy and climate change strategy to help deliver on its twin aims of promoting stronger more balanced growth and creating a low carbon economy.

The call is made in a major report published today entitled Green and Growth Solutions for Growing a Green Economy. 　

According to EEF, this target would become the primary driver of the government's energy policy and would help simplify the current "confused and complex" landscape.

Commenting, EEF chief executive, Terry Scuoler, said: "Industry can play a major role in growing and greening our economy but until recently, there has been insufficient attention on helping to achieve this.　Manufacturers have ambitions to be part of a low carbon economy but not enough of them currently see the UK as good place to invest in this area.

"We now need a newer, more positive approach that gives industry the certainty and incentives to invest and, understands the competitive pressures they are facing. 　

By developing this approach, the government can provide the best kind of leadership to the rest of the world by demonstrating that it can achieve success on both the Green and Growth fronts at the same time " 　　

The report also sets out EEF's ambitions for a Green Economy and ten recommendations that will help government work with industry to meet its challenging ambitions for reducing carbon emissions, generating continued investment for breakthrough technologies and achieving sustainable growth.

Amongst EEF's key recommendations are to establish a 2030 energy decarbonisation target as the primary driver of its energy policy; focus energy policy on Feed in Tariffs and scrap the Carbon Price Floor as soon as fiscally possible; adopt just one UK carbon reduction scheme; move to Carbon Intensity Targets for certain sectors; ensure the Green Investment Bank delivers for UK manufacturing; and seek to become a global leader in Carbon Capture and Storage.

www.eef.org.uk

Darrel Moore