Labour announce plan to launch clean energy company
UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will announce a plan to launch a publicly owned clean energy company during a visit to north Wales on Monday. Shadow Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens says: “We will be doubling onshore wind, trebling solar power, quadrupling offshore wind; we’ll be creating carbon capture, tidal energy and more.” Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Well we have set ourselves a challenging target for clean electricity by 2030, so that would be
00:05 done within the first five years of a Labour government. This is a really exciting, bold and
00:10 ambitious plan, so we will be doubling offshore, sorry doubling onshore wind, trebling solar power,
00:16 quadrupling offshore wind, we'll be creating carbon capture, tidal energy and more.
00:22 And here in Wales we really want to play our part in powering the UK for generations to come. We
00:28 have natural advantages here with the Celtic Sea and we think we could be a world leader in floating offshore wind.