Uplift supports efforts to create a rapid and fair transition away from oil and gas production in the UK

The UK is presented with an enormous opportunity to establish a thriving domestic wind manufacturing industry, as the country transitions to clean energy, according to a new report, Clean Energy Made in the UK, by Uplift and Transition Economics. The research, conducted by Transition Economics, shows how a ‘Jobs Bonus’ can be designed to ensure the government’s clean energy mission creates good quality, permanent jobs and is delivered by workers in industrial heartlands - like Scottish oil and gas communities and the North East of England. 

Ahead of the King’s Speech, this briefing sets out why the government must use this opportunity to kickstart the legislative reforms required for a just transition away from oil and gas towards clean energy.

Today the oil and gas regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority, has announced the offer of 31 oil and gas licences under the 33rd oil and gas licensing round. The round was opened in October 2022 under Liz Truss’s government as part of its ‘dash for gas’. New licences add virtually nothing to the UK’s energy supply and do nothing to lower energy bills.