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Study highlights opportunities for interconnection and diverse renewables mix to build resilience of UK energy network to weather challenges
A new review of research on future weather patterns highlights the importance of a rollout of diverse renewable generation technologies to ensure the resilience of the UK’s energy systems to stresses brought about by a changing energy mix and climate change. Publishing a new report commissioned from the Met Office, the National Infrastructure Commission said...
Dealing with waste is essential for a low carbon future (letter)
National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt has today written a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph in response to its editorial highlighting challenges facing the UK’s waste and recycling infrastructure. The text of the published letter is reproduced below. ‘Sir – Your characterisation of UK recycling as “chaotic” is worryingly accurate. Dealing...
London electric vehicle plan must inspire action to charge up all UK cities
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s programme to boost electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the capital annouced today recognises the importance of new infrastructure to support the wider take-up of electric cars and vans, in line with National Infrastructure Commission recommendations, but it should form part of wider national initiatives to boost the take-up of electric vehicles...
Commitment to open data crucial to optimising UK’s energy system for more complex, low-carbon future
A new report calls for higher standards in data sharing across the UK’s energy networks to improve its resilience and deliver better results for consumers and the environment – in line with recommendations made in the National Infrastructure Commission’s Data for the Public Good report. The Energy System Data Taskforce has recommended five priorities action...
Government’s ‘net zero’ pledge highlights urgency of shift to low-carbon economy
Responding to today’s government commitment to ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt today said the recognition of the threats from climate change was an important step, but must be followed up by tangible actions to prepare the UK economy for a low-emissions future. The UK’s first-ever National...
Armitt challenges government to commit to building a future infrastructure fit for a post-Brexit Britain
National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use this autumn’s Spending Review to commit to a once-in-a-generation transformation of the UK’s transport, energy and technology networks. In a letter to the Chancellor, Sir John lays down four key tests by which the Commission will judge the...
Consultation on flood and coastal erosion in England highlights need for new standard of resilience
The Environment Agency has today begun consulting on the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England proposing a new approach based on a recommendation made in the National Infrastructure Assessment. The Agency’s strategy will ensure the country is prepared for a potential 4° C rise in global temperatures and aims to ensure...
Excellent design will be at the “beating heart” of all new UK infrastructure, vows Stirling Prize winner as she announces members of influential new Design Group
Professor Sadie Morgan, a National Infrastructure Commissioner and Stirling Prize winner, today hails a “pivotal moment” for the future of UK infrastructure, as the ten members of a new Design Group are revealed. The Design Group will be champions for design excellence in all new national infrastructure. They will lobby to ensure that design is...
Design Group: supportive statements
Supportive statements in favour of the Commission’s new Design Group: “Louise’s appointment to the group is testament to her expertise and why we were so pleased she was able to come and work for the West Midlands Combined Authority. Our regional economy continues to grow at pace and billions of pounds of infrastructure including new...
New report highlights difficult – but achievable – steps necessary to deliver zero carbon UK economy
A new report today says big reductions in the cost of renewable energy generation mean the goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is achievable. But only if steps are taken now to boost low carbon power and heating – in line with recommendations made in the UK’s first-ever National Infrastructure Assessment. The Committee...
Government must set clear vision for world-class UK infrastructure so economy can compete post-Brexit
Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission Sir John Armitt today said the UK needed to build a shared vision for infrastructure’s role in the economy – one that could unite people, mend fractures in society and build a true sense of community for millions of people. Speaking to an All-Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure panel...
Young Professionals urge the next generation to share their vision for infrastructure
The National Infrastructure Commission’s Young Professionals Panel (YPP) today invite young people to share their vision for the future of infrastructure in the UK, as they mark one year on from their establishment. Having pledged to ensure the next generation have a strong voice in infrastructure decision-making, the Panel are launching an initiative which will...
Freight Study: stakeholder reactions
Stakeholders have reacted to the new report Better Delivery: the challenge for freight: “Air quality and climate change are two of the key issues facing us as a society today and banning diesel HGVs would be a positive step forward in tackling both of these problems. Government needs to take decisive action to phase out...
Ban new diesel HGV sales by 2040 to help make UK freight carbon free
Ministers should ban the sale of new diesel HGV lorries by no later than 2040, a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) says today. The development of hydrogen and battery HGVs is already well advanced and vehicles are expected to be commercially available in the early 2020s. Sir John Armitt, the Commission chairman,...
Young Professionals hope to “spark discussion about infrastructure among the next generation” as they launch new podcast
The National Infrastructure Commission’s Young Professionals Panel (YPP) today launch their new podcast, Infra[un]structured, with the aim to “spark discussion about infrastructure among the next generation.” The series will explore how infrastructure connects with people’s daily lives and the way rapid technological change is triggering shifts in our behaviour. Each episode, the host, Charlotte Mitchell...