The British government presented it on Friday plans to realize its ambition to eliminate natural gas from the country’s energy mix in just six years. The proposed regulations concern planning and connection to the energy grid investment of around £40 billion a year by 2030. to eliminate fossil fuels from electricity generation.
This is part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s efforts to use decarbonization to boost economic growth and reduce energy costs, Bloomberg reports.
No wind, electricity prices up
Information about Great Britain’s plans appears after… all of Europe was severely affected by the lack of wind. This week Gas power stations in the UK produced a record amount of electricitywhen wind turbines were standing still, which resulted in an increase in energy.
Even if the government achieves its targets, the UK will still need to have other energy sources on demand. Most of them will be natural gas power plants, which will be available for operation on calm days.
The UK defines a clean energy system as one that relies on fossil fuel power plants emitting less than 5% of CO2. time of the year.
Clean energy is a priority for the UK
To accelerate clean energy production and infrastructure modernization, the UK will prioritize network connections for projects best suited to meeting the 2030 target.
The development of offshore wind energy is of key importance to the government’s plan, which envisages that dby 2030 this technology will reach 50 gigawatts, which is more than three times the current amount, but less than the previous commitment. Previous plans called for a quadrupling of renewable energy sources by the end of the decade.
The plan announced on Friday calls for: the country will contract at least 12 gigawatts over the next two to three auctionsto offer government-backed contracts for the sale of electricity by wind farms at fixed prices, known as contracts for difference.
