Watch: NS webinar on running the UK on renewable energy

Nicola Shaw, Alan Whitehead MP, Dale Vince, and Philippa Nuttall Jones on the role of renewable energy in achieving net zero.

By NS Events

ROMNEY MARSH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Electricity Pylons run near Dungeness Nuclear Power Station on November 18, 2020 in Romney Marsh, England. The UK Government released details of its ten point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution hoping to create 250,000 jobs. It includes stepping up offshore wind production to power every home, working with the Hydrogen industry to generate 5GW of low carbon hydrogen by 2030, advancing nuclear energy and backing the manufacturing of and accelerating the transition to electric vehicles. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The use of renewable energy in the UK is on the rise, but two-thirds of our electricity still comes from non-renewable sources. With the Prime Minister’s recent pledge to power all UK homes via offshore wind by 2030, is it possible for the UK to generate 100 per cent of its energy from renewable sources?

In November, the New Statesman‘s Spotlight and Energy Monitor held ‘Net Zero Policy Week’. The week-long event brought together sector leaders, experts and policymakers to discuss what the challenges and opportunities are for the UK in meeting its net zero targets, through digital panels, live Q&As, and interviews.

An online panel discussion, chaired by Energy Monitor editor in chief Philippa Nuttall Jones, explored these key issues. The panel brought together executive director of the National Grid Nicola Shaw CBE, shadow minister for the green new deal and energy Alan Whitehead MP, and CEO of Ecotricity Dale Vince, to discuss whether the UK can run entirely on renewable energy.

Watch the session back here: