The managing director of an energy giant behind huge Net Zero plans for the Humber has told it could be now or never for policy to enable vital delivery.
Catherine Raw heads up SSE Thermal, the company delivering the Keadby power cluster in North Lincolnshire - which now encompasses carbon capture and hydrogen proposals - as well as plans for the clean fuel storage and production in East Yorkshire.
In a considered statement shared with Business Live following the release of the Skidmore report, Mission Zero, she said: “We may be only a handful of days into the new year but time is already running short. For the UK to deliver on its net zero ambition, the next 12 months can either pave the way for crucial final investment decisions to be made in 2024 or result in that capital moving elsewhere. It means real and tangible progress – on passing necessary enabling legislation, providing clarity on business models for the infrastructure required to deliver and turning high level targets into defined policy – is not simply a desired outcome but an essential one.
