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- Even so, UK power producers seem to be struggling to lift total electricity generation levels despite the steady climb seen in clean power output. From January through May, total UK electricity output contracted by nearly 2% from the same period in 2023, and to the lowest for that window in at least nine years.
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The plans will focus on building a secure, home-grown energy sector that reduces reliance on fossil fuels and exposure to volatile global wholesale energy prices.
Plans to ensure that Britain’s homes and businesses are powered by affordable, clean and secure electricity by 2035 have been unveiled by the government.
A landmark commitment to decarbonise the UK’s electricity system by 2035, was confirmed this week by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, to help boost the country’s efforts in achieving its net zero ambitions. This will focus on building a secure, home-grown energy sector that reduces reliance on fossil fuels and exposure to volatile global wholesale energy prices.
It brings forward by 15 years the government’s commitment to a fully decarbonised power system by 2050, set out in the Energy White Paper, and builds on the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution to secure a future clean electricity supply, that’s generated in the UK, for the UK.
To ensure this ambition becomes a reality, the government will double down on efforts to deploy a new generation of home-grown technologies – from offshore wind, hydrogen and solar, to nuclear, onshore wind and Carbon Capture and Storage.
These green technologies will use the wealth of Britain’s natural resources to deliver cleaner, cheaper power, and create thousands of new high- skilled jobs in new industries across the UK.
•between 1990 and 2019, emissions fell by 44% while GDP rose by 76.4%, with the UK decarbonising faster than any other G20 country since 2000
•in 2019, greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation were down 12% on 2018 levels and 71% lower than 1990 levels
•the share of low-carbon electricity generation has risen to 59.3% in 2020, with renewables at a record 43.1%
•the amount of renewable capacity connected to the grid has increased from 8GW in 2009 to 48GW at the end of June 2021, an increase of 500%
Live and historical GB National Grid electricity data, showing generation, demand and carbon emissions and UK generation sites mapping with API subscription service.
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