Clean Energy Industries

Clean Energy Industries are the UK’s greatest reindustrialisation opportunity of the 21st century. The UK aspires to be a global leader by 2035.

With £100 billion of private investment commitments announced into Clean Energy Industries since July 2024, deployment investment more than doubling from £7 billion in 2024 to £15.6 billion in 2025, and a record offshore wind auction secured, the foundations are being laid.

The Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan sets out how we are backing British industry: accelerating grid connections, growing supply chains across all four nations, training the next generation of clean energy workers and removing barriers so that UK businesses can invest, build and export to the world.

What this means in practice:

• Contract signed with Rolls-Royce SMR to build the UK's first Small Modular Reactors at Wylfa, Anglesey — supporting up to 3,000 skilled jobs at peak construction and thousands more across the supply chain, backed by £2.5 billion of public investment.
• A record Allocation Round 7 securing approximately 8.4GW of offshore wind capacity — Europe's biggest ever offshore wind auction — including Awel y Môr, the first Welsh offshore wind project to win a Contract for Difference in a decade.
• £204 million allocated through the Clean Industry Bonus to support offshore wind supply chain investment in UK manufacturing and ports, with the potential to leverage billions in private investment.
• £1 billion "Energy, Engineered in the UK" programme launched by Great British Energy to grow supply chains and create 10,000 jobs by 2030, including £86.5 million to ITM Power to secure the future of hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing in Sheffield.
• East Coast Cluster and HyNet Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage projects now under construction, with £1.5 billion in supply chain contracts awarded to UK companies.

These are not one-off decisions. They are part of a long-term plan — giving clean energy businesses the confidence to invest, hire and grow.

A target mix of support for the sector

Great British Energy Supply Chain Fund —  £300 million in grant funding is available, with a further £700 million being invested in clean energy supply chains this Parliament.

Tony Appleton CCO Kinewell

"The Industrial Strategy will accelerate investment in and the deployment of clean energy across the country, decarbonise our energy supply and improve energy security. Through our partnership with Innovate UK we can build on our success and continue to support the design and delivery of offshore wind farms."

Sector and Jobs Plan

A targeted mix of support for the sector