The diagram below from Carbon Brief shows that UK is on track to go 95% green by 2030 as pledged by Keir Starmer in his election manifesto of July 4th. The obvious huge drop since 2012 is coal which is now almost zero as the last coal fired power stations closed this year. But gas is the next victim and you can see that this has fallen significantly since 2016. Of course, this only applies to electricity production, ignoring the huge amount of gas that is burnt heating our awful homes. Nuclear has gone down and hopefully will continue to do so. The uplifting message is that Wind is about to overtake gas generation in 2025 while biomass and solar are also gradually increasing. Hydro, as usual, has been lacking investment but could have a big effect as our rainfall increases with Climate Change. Carbon emissions are falling fast in the electricity field, but we must remember that the Grid is only 21% of our UK emergency. Electric vehicles and energy for heating dominate and are still rather gloomy, demanding focus ASAP.
