Following Brexit, the conservative party of the U.K cut solar subsidies and scrapped the Department of Energy and Climate Change. These moves have put a dark cloud over the future of clean energy in the U.K, but the ship can still be turned around with a vote for Jeremey Corbyn. The Labour party leader has set forth an energy policy that seeks to generate 65% of U.K electricity from renewable sources by 2030 while challenging the six biggest energy firms in the U.K by supporting more than 1,000 publicly-owned local energy providers. The future candidate also called for an end to fracking.
Jeremy Corbyn has a plan to revive renewable energy in the U.K
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