Labour will set a target of 65% of UK electricity to be sourced from renewables by 2030 if it wins power at the next General Election, leader Jeremy Corbyn said.
The opposition leader said the target would make the UK a “world leader” in green technology, creating 316,000 jobs in wind, solar and wave power.
Corbyn said Labour would use a £500bn national investment programme, with a National Investment Bank and a network of regional development banks, to create jobs and opportunities are focused on coastal towns and areas with high unemployment.
A Labour government would also immediately reinstate DECC, scrapped by Prime Minister Theresa May within days of assuming command in July.
Corbyn said the abolition of DECC was “short-sighted and irresponsible”.
Corbyn will also ban fracking for shale gas as it is “not compatible” with the UK’s climate change commitments.
The Islington North MP is seeking re-election as leader in a run-off with Owen Smith. The result will be announced on 24 September.
The Labour energy manifesto also pledged to empower community energy companies and co-operatives, introduce a National Home Insulation plan for at least four million homes, adopt EU environmental regulations and endorse the Tory government’s coal power phase-out by 2025.
The party will also support plans to plant 64m trees in next 10 years.
Trade union GMB labelled the manifesto “naive”.
Image: Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Energy)
