Britain will have to build the equivalent of one new power station every eight weeks until 2020 at a cost of £48billion if the Government is to meet its green energy commitments, power bosses have warned.A recent study by the National Grid shows that by 2020 the country will need more than 30 gigawatts of new power provision as it moves away from coal-fired power stations, which are being closed on environmental grounds.
This means there will be a greater reliance on green energy, predominantly wind and solar, though the calculations still include the assumption that a substantial amount of energy will be provided by gas-fired power stations.
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UK requires 38 new 'power stations' if government is to hit green energy targets
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