The system underpinning a UK Emissions Trading System is on track to be ready for the country’s exit Jan. 1, 2021, from the EU’s own ETS, the UK government said Dec. 14 on publication of an Energy White Paper. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The whitepaper builds on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s GBP12 billion ($16.08 billion) 10-point plan for clean energy, aimed at creating more than 200,000 jobs in the UK and boosting private investment by 2030. “The UK government has legislated to establish a new UK Emissions Trading System, and the technical system underpinning the scheme is in final stages of development and on track to be ready on time,” it said. The scheme was more ambitious than the […]