Solar and wind ‘will miss 2030 clean energy target without £48bn funding’
by Rob Davies from Environment | The Guardian on (#6PCXV)
Hitting target for zero-carbon electricity system will require step-change', says analyst Cornwall Insight
Solar and wind power generation will fall well below the target needed to decarbonise Great Britain's electricity grid by 2030 without an injection of 48bn, according to a forecast from one of the UK's leading energy analysis companies.
The government has promised to deliver a zero-carbon electricity system by 2030, requiring the doubling of onshore wind, tripling of solar power and quadrupling of offshore wind capacity.
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