The energy industry needs more visibility of future policy to attract low-carbon investment, according to members of the Energy Institute polled in the organisation’s annual “Barometer”.

The Institute members were echoing calls from other industry watchers seeking a long-term vision for industry investment.

Launching the Barometer, EI past president Joan MacNaughton said what was needed was “not a subsidy freeze but visibility over triggers that might change payments and when they might be deployed”.