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Martyn1981

Coal provided just 2% of UK power in H1 2017

Just five years after meeting 40% of U.K.’s electricity supply, data from Imperial College London shows that coal only met 2% of the country’s power needs in the first half of the year.

michaels

Martyn1981 wrote: »

Coal provided just 2% of UK power in H1 2017

Kyoto-tastic - and to think everyone thought the tories weren't green

NigeWick

michaels wrote: »

Kyoto-tastic - and to think everyone thought the tories weren't green

They aren't. However, businesses are profit oriented and as costs of renewables come down they'll follow the money. This government has no idea of how fast things are changing and think £Millions will do a lot for our future when individual companies abroad are spending $Billions on R&D to bring products to market.

Martyn1981

Looks like change is a-coming:

Electricity shake-up could save consumers 'up to £40bn'

Drop in wind energy costs adds pressure for government rethink

rugbyleaguesmate

Hi Martyn headline news........can't find any details yet tho.

JimLad

All very promising, but no details on what they are actually going to do

Martyn1981

Hiya folks, yep no news yet but should be fun! Apologies for more nuclear bashing, but this is going to be a tough decade for any government whilst webuild out Hinkley Point C at twice the cost of supporting wind and PV. If the off-shore contracts this year are even close to the rumours then it all gets a bit sticky!

I can't believe how fast things have changed since 2012 (HPC deal).

Exiled_Tyke

Looks like pure stupidity on the part of the government. They've embraced this far too late (if they really have embraced it - we ned to see the details). The need to go down this path could have been anticipated years ago: certainly during the time Hinkley Point was being considered. And of course in the end, it is the tax payers and consumer who will end up paying

legoman62

Tesco will have them in next year!:rotfl:
[url]Http://news.sky.com/story/246m-government-drive-to-make-uk-leader-in-battery-technology-10959431[/url]

Martyn1981

I hope there is some good news for PV, on-shore wind and storage, but I'll remain "peev'd" at the loss of 2016 and 2017 when momentum could have been built up, rather than run down .... a bit like a battery!