Energy Digital Magazine January 2022

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TIMELINE

After COP26, the UK is ramping up its renewables targets

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New homes and buildings such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as those undergoing major renovation, will be required to install electric vehicle charge points from next year, under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Up to 145,000 extra charge points will be installed across England each year.

The UK is aiming to use clean energy to power over 7 million homes by 2025, in a key element of its net zeroby-2050 strategy. Under the latest round of its Contracts for Difference scheme, new projects will provide around 6GW of capacity - 2.4GW more than the last round.

The phase out date for the sale of new UK petrol and diesel cars and vans has been brought forward to 2030, while new hybrids have been extended to 2035. To facilitate the transition, £1.3 billion is being invested in EV chargepoints for homes, streets and motorways across England. The UK Government also wants floating offshore wind to deliver 1GW of energy by 2030.

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