AI Boom Risks Pushing UK Further Away From 2030 Carbon Goals

AI boom risks pushing UK further away from 2030 carbon goals

Data centre demand could reach as much as 10 per cent of total UK power demand by 2030. Read more at straitstimes.com.

AI Boom Risks Pushing UK Further Away From 2030 Carbon Goals

Britain is relying on a renewables expansion that is too slow to meet the booming power needs of data centers and risks missing its 2030 decarbonization targets as a result.

UK risks missing interim clean energy goals

A new report from the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has called for an urgent increase in the pace of infrastructure rollout and grid upgrades.  The inquiry leading to the assessment began in January with the goal of addressing barriers to the UK’s net zero energy generation aims. Delays, resource shortages and regulatory obstacles have all been identified in the paper, Power Struggle: Delivering Great Britain’s Electricity Gri…

Government "in danger of missing clean power target"

A House of Lords Committee has warned the UK Government’s 2030 clean power target is at risk without building new energy generation and network infrastructure. The committee said that the scale and pace needed to be “drastically” stepped up in its new report, Power struggle: Delivering Great Britain’s electricity grid infrastructure. The Industry and Regulators Committee also suggested that regional zonal pricing should enable better use of exis…

Why UK's Lords think it's on course to fail over green power goal

Upper chamber says 2030 goal out of reach unless government 'drastically steps up pace' and highlights multiple points of failure

UK Could Miss 2030 Clean Power Goal, Warns Parliament Committee

The UK's goal of a clean power grid by 2030 is in danger of slipping out of reach as planning delays and infrastructure bottlenecks challenge the governmen...