The United Kingdom's 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy and its implications for the energy industry.
The United Kingdom government has unveiled a comprehensive 10-year plan aimed at accelerating the transition to a net-zero economy, dubbed the **2030 Clean Energy Investment Plan**. The strategy, outlined in the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 policy paper published on June 23, 2025, seeks to massively expand clean energy infrastructure, create jobs, and boost economic growth.
**Details of the Plan**
The Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan, published alongside the strategy, aims to "build the clean energy future in Britain" by focusing on heavily investing in clean power generation, supply chains, and technology innovation. The plan targets doubling current investment levels in frontier clean energy industries to over £30 billion per year by 2035, with sustained growth through 2030.
Private sector involvement is strong, with companies like SSE committing £17.5 billion in infrastructure over five years to 2027. The plan promotes the expansion of specific clean energy sources, particularly solar power, with a roadmap to treble solar energy capacity by 2030.
A new national electricity market reform supports this expansion by creating a fairer, more secure, and affordable system while maintaining a national wholesale electricity price to provide investment certainty. A Strategic Spatial Energy Plan to be published in 2025 will guide the optimal siting of energy projects across the UK to reduce development delays and costs.
**Milestones**
Key milestones include the completion of major private investment projects like SSE’s infrastructure build-out totaling £17.5 billion by 2027. By 2030, the UK aims to treble its solar energy capacity, supported by a government-led action plan addressing planning, supply chains, and consumer uptake.
Longer term, infrastructure improvements and market reforms scaffold the sustained growth of clean power, including two million homes powered by new projects and significant nuclear power expansion.
**Economic Growth and Jobs Impact**
The clean energy plan positions clean energy as the "economic opportunity of the twenty-first century," aiming to revitalize industrial and coastal areas with high-quality jobs and capital investment. Investment in the sector is already over £40 billion in private funds announced since July 2024, illustrating rapid momentum.
Government reforms to the electricity market intend to boost energy security, lower consumer bills, and create tens of thousands of jobs across the UK. The plan emphasizes supporting supply chains for clean energy technologies domestically, enhancing British manufacturing and innovation capacity while driving regional economic growth.
The UK government's ambitious clean energy plan is a significant step towards becoming a "clean energy superpower," with the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) overseeing the delivery of these milestones. The plan includes significant investments for clean and nuclear energy as part of the UK's 2030 commitments to net zero.
In this comprehensive 10-year plan, the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan focuses on investing in various clean power generation, supply chains, and technology innovation, which includes the expansion of solar power. The UK aims to treble solar energy capacity by 2030 as part of its ambition to become a "clean energy superpower."
