Former Conservative MP Sir Jake Berry has said he thinks GB Energy will be the equivalent of British Leyland, as government involvement in the sector up to now has inhibited the sector from taking off.
Speaking on GB News Sir Jake Berry said: “I’m one of those unusual people in politics who has actually had a job. My job has been for over 20 years Ive been doing legal work in relation to green energy and infrastructure, and also my wife runs a business in this sector.
“And I can tell you, it’s a hugely exciting market. There’s big investment from the private sector. It’s very dynamic. It’s very commercial.
“There are three things that stop this taking off. Every single one of them is where the government interacts with the sector.
“Planning. You cannot get planning for things. Grid connection is the biggest sole clog on this market taking off. It’s where the government is involved, and the government setting prices for things like interconnect of all your wind turbines.
“So I cannot see, as someone who knows this industry and has worked in this industry, given that where the government touches this industry it all goes wrong, that more government involvement is going to make it better. It won’t. It will make it worse.
“What the Labour Party has invented is the equivalent of the Austen Allegro square steering wheel of British Leyland for Great British Energy. This will not work.”
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