On Monday, Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps met his US counterpart Jennifer Granholm in London and said he wants to commit the UK to greater energy independence through nuclear and renewables.
Emma Pinchbeck, Energy UK’s chief executive, said “we must do everything possible” to encourage and speed up investment in low-carbon power. In 2022, UK renewables provided 38% of the country’s electricity generation, nearly as much as gas at 40%, and became a net electricity exporter for the first time since 2010.
Other sources of generation, including nuclear and biomass, generated 28TWh over the winter period, the ECIU analysts said.
Why is it so bloody expensive then ? We are being taken for fools! Obvious to everyone surely that the Ukraine conflict is just a smokescreen for dodgy goings on ..
The content of this article is so misleading. Wind simply cannot be relied upon and to take such narrow figures on a specific timeframe is giving a warped view on the subject.