Mr Occhipinti continued,

‘We are disappointed that the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been moved. At a time when industry is looking to the Government for some certainty and continuity this won’t help. However we recognise the links between energy and industrial strategy and so we are looking forward to working with Greg Clark and his new team on decarbonising UK heat and exploring how green gas can help us meet our 2050 climate targets.

I will be calling on the new Minister, Greg Clarke to clarify, as a matter of urgency, where they stand on existing policies such as ECO. Industry wants reassurance and soon.

Attention needs to be directed at decarbonising heat, all too often politicians use heat and power interchangeably and this needs to stop. The new department needs to embrace green gas as a means of decarbonising heat by utilising the existing grid to deliver low carbon heat to UK buildings with little disruption or expense. EUA will be closely monitoring the performance of the new department’