Loss of the vast Hornsea 4 offshore wind project is bad news but it reveals a big flaw in setting a deadline
Danish firm shelves huge UK windfarm project over rising costs
“Immensely challenging” and pushing the limits “of what is feasibly deliverable”. That was the state-owned National Energy System Operator’s description of its own proposals on how to decarbonise electricity generation in Great Britain by 2030. In short, it thought clean power by that date, a key Labour manifesto pledge, was “credible” and “achievable” as long as little went wrong along the way.
Neso’s £200bn plan, detailing a rapid rollout of offshore wind, onshore wind, solar farms plus a major upgrade of the electricity grid, was adopted virtually unchanged by the government at the end of last year.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2025/may/07/ill-winds-are-blowing-for-labours-2030-deadline-for-clean-energy
Author : Nils Pratley
Publish date : 2025-05-07 17:38:00
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