{"id":1478815,"date":"2024-07-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1478815"},"modified":"2024-07-23T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:00:00","slug":"uk-likely-to-miss-its-2030-clean-power-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/uk-likely-to-miss-its-2030-clean-power-goals\/1478815\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Likely To Miss Its 2030 Clean Power Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK Likely To Miss Its 2030 Clean Power Goals<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The UK is poised to miss its ambitious target to decarbonize its power sector by 2030 even as it is boosting solar and wind developments, analysts say.<\/p>\n

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The new UK government of the Labour Party, in office for just over two weeks, has pledged to have the UK power grid decarbonized by 2030<\/strong> and \u201cto make Britain a clean energy superpower with zero carbon electricity by 2030,\u201d Energy Secretary Ed Miliband\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of its efforts to boost clean energy, the UK government\u00a0lifted the de facto ban<\/a>\u00a0on onshore wind, which has been in place in England since 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government has committed to doubling onshore wind energy by 2030, quadrupling offshore wind, and trebling solar power by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n

While Britain has made progress in recent years in decarbonizing the grid and boosting the share of renewables in the power mix to a record high, it still uses a lot of natural gas for electricity generation, home heating, and boilers.<\/p>\n

The bold current plans of the Labour government are not on track to make the power system decarbonized by 2030,<\/strong> Cornwall Insight said in an analysis reported by the\u00a0Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, wind and solar account for a combined 34% of the UK\u2019s power output. Under Labour\u2019s plans, the combined share of wind and solar is set to rise to 44%. This, according to Cornwall Insight, will be well below the estimated 67% of wind and solar power necessary to have a decarbonized grid.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout significant intervention, we risk falling far short of decarbonisation goals,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Tom Edwards, principal modeler at Cornwall Insight, told FT.<\/p>\n

Last week, following the King\u2019s Speech in which the new government sets its priorities, Kate Mulvany, Principal Consultant at Cornwall Insight,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that Labour faces \u201csignificant challenges in reaching their 2030 power decarbonization targets, as financial constraints, supply chain challenges, and intense global competition for limited resources pose hurdles.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Also last week, the UK\u2019s Climate Change Committee (CCC)\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that its latest assessments shows that the UK is off track for net zero as only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country\u2019s 2030 target are currently covered by credible plans. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 07\/23\/2024 – 05:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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