Renew Extra Weekly

 The UK is doing quite well with renewables, with over 65GW now installed and much more planned, helping it reduce carbon emissions . It should also mean that it is better able to cope with global fossil energy price rise shocks - it can provide a buffer.  ‘Let's get control of our own energy so that whatever is happening in the world, we control what's happening in this country’, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says, adding ‘what gives us control is renewables, our own homegrown energy, which is then more secure & more independent, which is why I think that we should go further & faster in relation to renewables’. That’s good news, with more new jobs also being created as a result.  Employment  in ‘green’ jobs has expanded by nearly 28% over the last year, with  much of that being in renewable energy and related areas, and many more are expected.  However, there are issues. For example, Max Lacey-Barnacle, a researcher at Sussex University Centre f...