How can the government intervene to enable the logistics sector to decarbonise? As the sector convenes at Property Week's annual Industrial & Logistics Conference and Showcase, this is a timely report (Accelerating Logistics Towards Net Zero) from Turleys that confronts this question. The report and particularly the final chapter ("Last Mile") also coincides neatly with British Land securing planning consent for a "net zero urban logistics hub" in Paddington.

Perhaps the most startling text is that originating from the UK Warehousing Association - (1) an estimate that less than 5% of UK warehouses have any solar panels at all; (2) of the ones that do, the panels usually cover just 10-25% of the roof-space; and (3) existing warehouse roof-space alone could accommodate a doubling of solar by 2030. Yet there is one common thread that permeates the whole report - not just in the context of solar but also vehicle electrification - the challenge of grid connection. The potential is seemingly plentiful - but if "it's a no from the DNO", its not looking so sunny...