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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

While we are certainly seeing a shift to green energy in the UK, unfortunately because storage issues remain largely unresolved, we still contract for significant back-up capacity when normal (renewable) sources of power cannot meet peak demand.

And those 60% of those back up sources remain fossil fuel assets....

If you needed an argument why investment in network storage is required, this would be in it!

theguardian.com/business/2025/

The Guardian · UK has spent £12.5bn from energy bills on fossil fuel power plants in past decadeBy Jillian Ambrose
Jan 28, 2025, 07:39 AM·Public·Web
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