The boss of British Gas owner Centrica has warned Britain “runs a real risk” by focusing too much on wind power instead of drawing on a mix of sources. The Telegraph has more.
Chris O’Shea pointed to figures showing the U.K.’s windfarms used only 15% of their power generating capacity on average last week.
Britain has around 30GW of installed wind generation capacity, but it typically generated only 4.41GW of electricity during the period.
Mr. O’Shea wrote on LinkedIn: “Whilst wind power is great, we run a real risk if we focus too much on new wind as we look to decarbonise the energy system of the future.
“A Net Zero future requires a range of technologies, and a good balance.”
The comments come a week after Labour launched its state-owned Great British Energy comapny – its flagship project aimed at achieving lower bills.
The new state-owned enterprise plans to controversially roll-out huge numbers of new wind turbines as part of efforts to decarbonise the grid.
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