Adur councillor Becky Allinson spoke at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool and praised Shoreham Port’s work to achieve net-zero by 2035, combating climate change. She was supporting a motion on clean energy and a warm homes improving-insulation plan.
Becky said: “Our district has Shoreham Port which has been at the centre of regional energy generation for centuries. The location and landscape of the port has lent itself to large-scale energy generation in the past and offers huge opportunities to transform the energy ecosystems of the future. The port has followed a path to decarbonisation and is in a unique position to collaborate with stakeholders to accelerate this process and we need to see work together to make this happen.
“They are on a journey to achieve Net Zero by 2035 through creating a green energy ecosystem at the port. And this requires a supportive government policy. The port can create new energy jobs.”
Becky was supporting a motion for Labour to:
– Deliver its mission for a clean power system by 2030, accelerating towards net zero.
– Deliver a Warm Homes Plan to upgrade five million homes and cut energy bills for families.
She went on to describe how Worthing’s heat network is expected to offer a connection to every building in the town by 2050, with the first buildings to be connected by next summer. It is a development in our local transition to low carbon heating and an important milestone in Worthing’s mission to be a carbon neutral council by 2030.
And on top of that Adur and Worthing councils are working with a number of other authorities, university and business to create Sussex Energy to achieve net zero energy status in the Greater Brighton and wider Sussex area by 2040.
Becky is councillor for St Mary’s Ward, alongside myself, and council cabinet member for regeneration.