Government plans to invest GBP2.5bn in CHP infrastructure
On 29 April 2004, Amec declared design freeze of the new submarine berthing facility to be built at HM Naval Base Clyde (Faslane). The primary purpose of the new submarine berthing facility is to support the future operation of the new Astute Class submarines, although Swiftsure and Trafalgar classes would also be accommodated. Approaching the facility from the shore, bridges will provide access for road vehicles and pedestrians as well as carriage of nuclear safety-related
services with two-fold redundancy.
The bridges land on a floating concrete jetty with a displacement of approximately 44,000 tonnes. The jetty is free to move vertically, but is laterally restrained by a monopile at each corner. As a floating structure, the jetty is largely isolated from the effects of earthquake and tidal variation.The Government plans to unlock £2.5 billion of new investment in large scale Combined Heat and Power infrastructure, according to plans unveiled in the Government’s Low Carbon Industrial Strategy.
The strategy sets out the action the Government is taking to ensure that British businesses and workers are equipped to maximise the economic opportunities and help Britain move towards a low carbon economy.
CHP is a fuel energy technology, which uses waste heat to produce electricity. It can utilise fuels including landfill gas, biomass and energy-from-waste.
The strategy states: “By extending the exemption of indirect sales of ‘Good Quality’ CHP electricity from the climate change levy, the Government will also help to unlock £2.5 billion of new investment in large scale CHP infrastructure.”
Good Quality CHP refers to CHP generation that is energy efficient in operation.
The UK has committed to the world's first legally binding 'carbon budgets', which require a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 34 per cent by 2020 and at least 80 per cent by 2050, and a EU target of meeting 15% of all energy needs from renewables by 2020.
Announcing the strategy Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said: “There is no high carbon future. But if the transition to low carbon is inevitable, what is not inevitable is that we use the transition as a chance to develop new jobs, new industries here in Britain. This strategy builds on the New Industry New Jobs [Government vision] approach, outlining the strategic role the Government will play alongside the private sector, to make the most of the potential benefits for innovation, growth and job creation in the UK.”
The strategy’s main focus was the opportunities from low carbon sectors such as wave and tidal power, offshore wind and civil nuclear power can bring to the UK.
Last week the Environmental Industries Commission called on the Government to extend its strategy to include economic opportunities that will be created by developing technologies such as waste.
EIC policy director Danny Stevens said: “The UK’s future competiveness depends on establishing a world-leading environmental industry, with thousands of new business, hundreds of thousands of new jobs and huge export potential.”
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