Labour would create ‘anti-Opec’ alliance for renewable energy, says Miliband

Shadow climate change secretary says group would cooperate to cut energy prices and promote clean technology

The UK under a Labour government would form an anti-Opec" alliance of countries dedicated to renewable energy, to bring down energy prices and promote clean technology, the shadow climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, has said.

A clean power alliance would enable countries to cooperate to source components more cheaply, boost the expansion of wind, solar and other forms of low-carbon power, and potentially to share or export electricity across connected grids.