UK delays green projects

The UK has delayed a raft of decisions needed to spur investment in clean-energy technologies from offshore wind to nuclear power, underscoring the challenges faced by the government after the country’s decision to leave the EU.

The newly-formed Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy may delay until next year publication of the fifth carbon budget, a key plan setting out how the UK will meet its carbon reduction targets for 2030, climate change minister Nick Hurd has said.

The four ministers at the department have said they don’t want to be rushed into making choices that could shape the country’s post-Brexit economy.