Renewables rollout making UK electricity supply ‘more British’, analysis finds

Increase in renewables has made UK energy supply 'more British', study finds

The UK’s rollout of wind and solar power over the last decade has made its electricity supply “more British”, with significantly less reliance on imported gas, analysis has found.

Renewables rollout making UK electricity supply ‘more British’, analysis finds

Wind and solar have already reduced the reliance on foreign gas imports in recent years, experts said, as Labour’s clean power push ramps up.

UK Electricity Grid Rescued by Gas as Massive Winter Wind Droughts Disrupt Supply

Despite an official admission that gas will be needed for renewable electricity back-up into the foreseeable future, new oil and gas exploration has been stopped. And continuing with the de-industrialising, job-destroying, national security harming themes, a new coking mine in Cumbria was recently knocked on the head and this may have contributed to the economic woes of steel-making at Britain’s last blast furnaces in Scunthorpe.

Greenwashed and gaslit: the market con that keeps bills high - Vox Political

You have been greenwashed and gaslit: the market con that keeps bills high is just as much in force now as it ever was. Labour said it wants to cut your energy bills by £300 by 2030. But ask yourself: if more than half of Britain’s electricity now comes from renewables, why are bills still [...] The post Greenwashed and gaslit: the market con that keeps bills high appeared first on Vox Political.

Growth in renewables reducing UK's reliance on energy imports, study finds

Wind and solar have already reduced the reliance on foreign gas imports in recent years, experts said, as Labour’s clean power push ramps up.

UK Electricity Grid Rescued by Gas as Massive Winter Wind Droughts Disrupt Supply - Conservative Angle

Despite an official admission that gas will be needed for renewable electricity back-up into the foreseeable future, new oil and gas exploration has been stopped. And continuing with the de-industrialising, job-destroying, national security harming themes, a new coking mine in Cumbria was recently knocked on the head and this may have contributed to the economic woes of steel-making at Britain’s last blast furnaces in Scunthorpe. The post UK Ele…