SWIP

A cluster of key policy documents have been issued by the Department for Transport (DfT) relating to decarbonisation of the transportation sector.   The Government has described its central Transport Decarbonisation Plan as the world’s first ‘greenprint’ to decarbonise all modes of domestic transport by 2050. The other key publications are: Open consultation –  Heavy […]

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published their report on priorities for the forthcoming national adaptation plans and the need for faster and wider action to be taken to ensure the continued resilience of our infrastructure in June 2021.   Whilst SWIP’s most recent work has focused on net zero (details of our new route map can […]

Bristol’s third mayoral election takes place on 6 May 2021. The city is the economic heart of the West of England, acting as a gateway to the South West and Bristol’s Mayor plays a key leadership role in both the city and the wider region. The South West Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP) has produced a manifesto […]

12:30-14:00 I Thursday 15 April Following two recent workshops attended by over 200 people, registration is now open for our third and final online route mapping workshop. Entitled ‘Joining it up and removing the barriers,’ participants at the event will be asked to appraise and populate the draft route map. The previous workshops highlighted that […]

On Thursday 6 May,  people in the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) area go to the polls to elect a new Metro Mayor. SWIP has produced a Manifesto for infrastructure in the West of England to highlight some of the key challenges and opportunities in region. The West of England Mayor plays a key […]

The Chancellor’s Budget on March 3, 2021 contained few surprises. In it he set out the huge amount of money borrowed by the country during the pandemic and, with the furlough scheme and other support mechanisms set to continue until well into this year, the total amount of borrowing this year is expected to be […]

Following our first co-production workshop, attended by over 120 participants, registration is now open for the second online route mapping workshop. Building on the findings of the previous event, the latest workshop will explore how the net zero decarbonisation challenge in South West England maps onto the Balanced Pathways in the Climate Change Committee’s Sixth Carbon Budget report, […]

In his blog, Phil Smith, Managing Director, Business West and SWIP Steering Group representative for the Business Sector, reports back on a recent Hydrogen Summit and ponders the potential of hydrogen to fuel green growth in the South West. As a recovering oil and gas engineer, I found the West of England Aerospace Forum’s (WEAF) Hydrogen […]

Peter Kydd, SWIP Chair and Energy Sector representative, said: “SWIP welcomes the publication of the Government’s Energy White Paper and its focus on delivering net zero energy by 2050 whilst encouraging consumers to take advantage of the proposed reforms in the supply market to maintain affordable electricity bills. We also welcome the clear policy signals […]