In Britain, renewables will overtake nuclear power in 2018

    In Britain, renewables will overtake nuclear power in 2018

    In Britain, renewables will overtake nuclear in the electricity mix in 6 years. This is the forecast of a study commissioned by the Renewables UK sector association and presented by The Guardian: if the current trend continues, by 2018 the energy transition will also take place across the Channel, after that of the USA and Germany.



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    In Britain renewables will overtake nuclear in the electricity mix in 6 years. This is the forecast of a study commissioned by the sector association Renewables UK and presented by The Guardian: if the current trend continues, by 2018 the energy transition it will also take place across the Channel, after that of the USA and Germany.

    Will the energy of the wind, second only to natural gas as the largest source of electricity by 2020, to give the greatest impetus to change. As early as 2015, it will allow renewables to supply energy to one British home in tenexplains a note. The wind has contributed to increasing the contribution of renewables by a third from 2010 to today, while last year the jobs linked to this sector were 137 thousand.

    For the first time in 5 years, the UK has seen an increase in the amount of onshore wind capacity, continues Renewables UK, with 10% faster decision times compared to last year. This suggests that developers, communities and local governments are working together and better than before. “We have made significant steps forward. 2011/2012 sees an overall capital investment in the offshore wind sector increasing by 60% to 1,5 billion euros and a record number of onshore wind projects growing by 50% ", explains Maria McCaffery, general director of the association.

    These are important figures, which underline the positive climate that hovers over a capable sector attract numerous investments even in a period of difficult economic crisis like the present one. “This is why it is so important that the framework provided by the Energy Bill (whose discussion was postponed to mid-November, ed.) Is well thought out. We still have a long way to go - concludes McCaffery - to achieve our ambitious goals, but we are firmly on track “.



    Roberta Ragni

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