The Prime Minister and Welsh First Minister have outlined plans to make the UK as energy “superpower” by investing the sector.

The announcement builds on the concept of a publicly owned energy company and work already done by the Welsh Government.

Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, a company owned by the Welsh Government, was built in a year and is on course to produce 1GW of clean energy by 2040. The Welsh Government is also already working with The Crown Estate to unlock 1,000 square km of seabed. This will create brand new windfarms that have the capacity to produce up to 4.5GW of renewable electricity.

The announcement comes as The Crown Estate embarks on the latest phase of its Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5, which will see bidders set out their plans for delivering new wind farms, explaining how this will support the delivery of wider social and economic benefits for onshore communities.

First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, said: “Our publicly-owned renewable energy developer, Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, is a long-term sustainable investment that puts net-zero and the communities of Wales at the heart of the energy transition. Harvesting our wind and using it to produce power offers us, and the people of Wales, the ability to own the returns on what will be a significant investment.”

The recent drive for greater onshore wind, the creation of GB Energy and the planned Warm Homes Plan to aid insulation across the UK are part of the ambition to achieve clean power by 2030, five years earlier than

It is the Government's own release that uses the term 'supercharge' - a somewhat odd analogy given that superchargers work with internal combustion engines - but who are we to argue?

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