The Mayor of London has announced the first steps toward powering the Tube network with 100 per cent renewably sourced electricity through the launch of a Power Purchase Agreement tender, which should help meet the target of the Capital reaching net-zero carbon by 2030.

The first tender aims to purchase approximately ten per cent of TfL’s required electricity from renewable energy sources and new build assets.

TfL is one of the largest consumers of electricity in the UK, with a requirement for up to 1.6TWh per year. The tender will guarantee that the electricity supplied to power the Tube and TfL’s operations through the contract will come from renewable energy sources, such as wind or solar power.

The Mayor also announced that London has signed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a global plan to phase out fossil fuels production and accelerate a fair transition to clean energy. This builds on the work the Mayor has already done to divest from fossil fuel companies, which includes working with the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) to divest from all the extractive fossil fuel companies within their listed equity portfolio, and co-chairing with the Mayor of New York the C40 Divestment/Investment network, which now has 18 C40 cities signed up with pension funds worth over $400 billion committed to divestment.

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