NIC: Britain could meet 65% of electricity needs with renewables by 2030 at low cost
Falling renewables costs and speedy deployment mean that Britain should aim for the technology to meet two thirds of electricity needs by 2030.
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'A timely reminder' of the countdown to 2050: The industry reacts to the CCC's 2020 progress report
The CCC's 2020 progress report highlights the "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity of a low carbon recovery from COVID-19. Here the industry responds to the report's findings.
'Face uncomfortable truths' to improve infrastructure resilience, NIC recommends
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has proposed a new framework for resilience should be implemented across the nation’s economic infrastructure as it has a "duty to prepare."
NIC calls for expansion of CfD to help build economic confidence
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme should be expanded, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has recommended as one of a number of measures to strengthen confidence in the economy.
NIC calls for increased urgency if the UK is to hit net zero target
Renewable energy remains the cheapest way to decarbonise the power sector, but more urgency is needed to meet the UK’s 2050 net zero target.
Flexibility takes centre stage in NIC annual report as 'clear level' of ambition is needed
Flexibility – and the actions required by government, Ofgem and National Grid ESO – formed a clear part of the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) annual report.
‘The devil is in the detail’: Industry reactions to Ofgem’s decarbonisation action plan, part one
Industry reaction to Ofgem’s decarbonisation programme action plan, setting out nine points of action over the next eighteen months.
Give regulators new powers or risk missing net zero, NIC warns
Regulators must be given new powers to ensure utility firms invest in sustainable infrastructure or the UK’s net zero emissions by 2050 target is at risk.
Jackson Cutsor, analyst for power distribution systems in the Business & Technology Solutions Group at Burns & McDonnell, looks into the challenges of electrification of vehicles in houses in multiple occupation.