19. The net zero clock is ticking. To achieve net zero by 2050 and our international and domestic commitments on the way, we need to act quickly and decisively. Infrastructure will be key. The Review heard from hundreds of innovative companies eager to bring new technologies to market but being hampered by slow, ponderous bureaucracy and an antiquated approach to grid connections not suitable for a modern 21st century electrified economy. The Review recommends:
• Accelerating the implementation of the British Energy Security Strategy to finally update the mandate of Ofgem, create the Future System Operator which is essential to a holistic approach to solve the challenges of our future, multi-fuel energy system and accelerate the connection of our cheap renewable generation
• A cross-sectoral infrastructure strategy by 2025. We need to rapidly build and adapt the infrastructure for electricity, hydrogen, other liquid and gaseous fuels and CO2 networks that support our green economy. The scale of this challenge, and the breadth, is too much to be left to the whims of individual projects
• Reforming our approach to planning, streamlining processes and, where locally supported, unleashing solar and developing onshore wind, the cheapest forms of generation, to be rapidly deployed in communities across the country and enable local people to reap the benefits of local, low carbon generation