Head of UK’s Mission for Clean Power, UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Joined April 2018
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13 Dec 2024
Our Clean Power 2030 Action Plan is published today.
We’ve produced this at lightning pace - it’s packed with new steps towards clean power. We’re moving quickly and making big decisions to open the path to 2030.
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🧵 Record-breaking day for Great Britain's electricity system! ⚡
1/ On 22 April, we hit a new zero-carbon record, with zero-carbon sources providing 98.8% of our electricity.
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Mar 11
⚡️Powering the future, together🇬🇧🇮🇹
In Rome, @StarkClimate and Prof. Enrico Giovannini discussed how to deliver clean, secure and affordable energy for the UK, Italy and Europe.
#UKITCleanGrowthDialogues #CleanEnergy
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Feb 17
INTERVIEW: Chris Stark (@StarkClimate), head of UK govt "mission" for clean power by 2030
Over 40 mins he explains why UK shd be an "electrostate", why attacks on climate policy are "completely crazy" & why economics are driving the global energy transition “in one direction”
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Feb 10
These results show once again that clean power is the right choice, with new onshore wind and solar 50% cheaper than building and running new gas.
By backing renewables at scale, we’re lowering bills and taking back control of our energy security.
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Jan 26
We’re doubling down on clean power as the route to energy sovereignty and abundance.
Today, we’re signing a new clean energy security pact with the EU, to help transform the North Sea into the world’s largest clean energy reservoir.
More here 👇
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Jan 15
1/ NEW: Our Clean Industry Bonus has crowded in over £3bn of private investment.
Building factories, ports and domestic supply chains here in the UK, creating thousands of good jobs in our industrial heartlands.
Every £1 of public money invested has leveraged £17 from industry.
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Jan 14
1/ We’ve secured a record-breaking 8.4GW of offshore wind, enough to power the equivalent of over 12 million homes.
This is the largest amount of offshore wind procured in any auction ever in Britain or indeed Europe.
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8 Dec 2025
1/ We’re clearing the grid queue.
The broken energy system we inherited meant the queue to connect to the grid had grown ten-fold in just five years, with a mountain of projects clogging up the system, blocking those who are ready to connect.
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30 Sep 2025
We certainly noticed…
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30 Sep 2025
NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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11 Aug 2025
Read @StarkClimate's feature article by Jonathan Leake in The @Telegraph where he call calls for UK to embrace the "cold, hard economics" of going green, Chris highlights the immense economic opportunity that the renewable energy industry could bring to rural and coastal communities across the UK:
"𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦.
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴’ 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.
𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 – 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳."
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22 Jul 2025
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Nigel Topping CMG the new Chair of the Committee from 23 July. Read the announcement here ⬇️ theccc.org.uk/2025/07/22/nig…
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Check out @StarkClimate's appearance on the @Everyth1ngElec podcast where he explains the challenges and progress being made with the Clean Power 2030 Mission👇
youtube.com/watch?v=NWJTjMIZ…
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10 Mar 2025
Join us this Wednesday for Power Talks - an in-depth discussion on the Govt's energy transition plans between @StarkClimate, Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 (@energygov) & our CEO @Dhara__Vyas.
📅 12 March 2025 🕒 8.30am 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/4hKOp3I
ALT Energy UK Power Talks - Dhara Vyas with Chris Stark CBE, Head of Mission Control, Clean Power by 2030, free online event Wednesday 12 March, 8.30am
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26 Feb 2025
We have published our advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget. It is in line with previous Government commitments – the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Carbon Budgets, international commitments, and the Net Zero commitment in 2050.
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We’re consulting on reforms to the CfD for the next renewables allocation round, later this year - including potentially longer contracts.
These are some of the most important changes that we can implement for the 2030 clean power mix.
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4 Feb 2025
TODAY: Decarbonising the power system by 2030 and accelerating to net zero is one of Labour's missions. But what more could be done to speed up delivery?
Tune in at 12:30 when we'll discuss with @RosaHodgkin @neso_energy @StarkClimate @Dhara__Vyas 📺🗓️instituteforgovernment.org.u…
ALT An image for an IfG event. How can the government accelerate its clean power mission? Tuesday 04 February 2025, 12:30 — 13:30 This IfG event will bring together an expert panel, including: Rosa Hodgkin, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government Fintan Slye, CEO of the National Energy System Operator Chris Stark, Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 Dhara Vyas, CEO of Energy UK The event will be chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.
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9 Jan 2025
EVENT: Decarbonising the power system by 2030 and accelerating to net zero is one of Labour's five key missions.
But what more could it do to speed up delivery? Join us on Tuesday 4 February with @RosaHodgkin @StarkClimate @Dhara__Vyas @jillongovt 🗓️📺instituteforgovernment.org.u…
ALT An image for an IfG event. How can the government accelerate its clean power mission? Tuesday 04 February 2025, 12:30 — 13:30 This IfG event will bring together an expert panel, including: Rosa Hodgkin, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government Fintan Slye, CEO of the National Energy System Operator Chris Stark, Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 Dhara Vyas, CEO of Energy UK The event will be chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.
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9 Jan 2025
Congratulations to members of our University community who were recognised in the 2025 King’s New Year Honours list.
This includes:
- Professor Douglas Paul, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Emerging Technologies @UofGEngineering
- Chris Stark, Honorary Professor in our Centre for Public Policy
- Sir Ken McCallum, Director General of MI5 & @UofG_Alumni
Read more: gla.ac/4h7MqWf
ALT Left to right: Prof Douglas Paul, Chris Stark, Sir Ken McCallum.
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7 Jan 2025
Take a look back at 2024 and the notable events that took place on our journey towards #ZeroCarbon operations. Last year marked the end of coal generating #Electricity in Great Britain and the greenest year on record. 🍃🏆 Find out more. 👇
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