# Policy & Politics

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## [About the Policy & Politics category](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/about-the-policy-politics-category/9)

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**Author:** [@richard](https://ukenergyforum.org/u/richard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/about-the-policy-politics-category/9 "2026-09-10T10:32:15Z")

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Targets, legislation, institutions. Argue the mechanism, not the party.

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## [What, if anything, can we learn from China's example?](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/what-if-anything-can-we-learn-from-chinas-example/42)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Welsh](https://ukenergyforum.org/u/Tom_Welsh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/what-if-anything-can-we-learn-from-chinas-example/42 "2026-10-28T19:42:55Z")

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This was my first try at Richard’s request for a single question about the UK energy system. At his suggestion I am copying it into this category where it belongs. I appreciate that my question sounds naive and perhaps s…

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## [Clean Power 2030: credible target or accounting exercise?](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/clean-power-2030-credible-target-or-accounting-exercise/21)

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**Author:** [@richard](https://ukenergyforum.org/u/richard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/clean-power-2030-credible-target-or-accounting-exercise/21 "2026-10-06T15:33:03Z")

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The government’s Clean Power 2030 plan targets a ~95% clean grid by 2030. The case for: NESO’s advice says it is achievable at the wire’s edge. The case against: the build rates it assumes have never been achieved in th…