With gas so expensive that some people can no longer heat their homes, the UK's new energy security strategy needed to offer quick fixes - but has totally failed to do so.
this year, 12 years late. Construction began in 2005 and was meant to be completed in 2009.
In addition to nuclear, the UK also wants to try to get more oil and gas from the North Sea. It claims “there is no contradiction between our commitment to net zero and our commitment to a strong and evolving North Sea industry”, but it should surprise no one that many disagree.
On offshore wind power, the “ambition” is 50 GW by 2030, including 5 GW of floating wind power. This has been broadly welcomed. “That’s very ambitious but possible,” said Michael Grubb at University College London in a statement, also to the SMC. On onshore wind power, the strategy acknowledges how cheap it is but says that due to “the range of views”, it won’t changing planning regulations in England that make it nearly impossible to get approval. This wording reflects the view held by some in government that people don’t want onshore wind turbines, yet the government’sThis is the “most stunning and cowardly failure in the strategy”, said Grubb.
All in all, the strategy won’t bring energy bills down anytime soon, won’t make the UK more energy independent anytime soon and, despite all the UK’s claims to be a climate leader, takes a step backwards on fossil fuels. “It is more a collection of aspirations rather than a strategy,”newsletter to get a dose of climate optimism delivered straight to your inbox, every Thursday
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