The government should organise bulk power purchasing agreements of renewable electricity for energy intensive industries in order to help cut the cost of their shift to lower carbon power sources, a cross-party commission has urged. The IPPR Environmental Justice Commission also called for the streamlining of existing consumer support for decarbonisation into a single £7.5 billion a year “GreenGO” scheme to help households switch heating, home insulation and transport.
Commission proposes ‘big switches’ for high-carbon sectors
