Energy Transition Outlook 2019

TR & NSITION ENERGY

Energy Transition Outlook 2019

OGUK Energy Transition — Policy Recommendations

OGUK’s 2018 Energy Transition Outlook called for a clear government energy strategy to help reinforce the case for change and provide strategic direction. Since then, whilst the agenda has moved on significantly, the need for such strategic clarity remains. The adoption by the UK and Scottish governments of net-zero targets and the pathway set out in the CCC report has done much to catalyse the whole of the UK’s energy sector in which the offshore oil and gas industry is a key player. Governments now need to turn their attention to detailed policy development to build on the progress made so far. Such an approach has proved successful in the past within the energy sector; government action has shaped the industry we see today, including its role in the huge success of North Sea oil and the roll-out of natural gas heating from the 1970s, and indeed the support for offshore wind where the UK is now a global leader.

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