The UK’s ability to develop its own critical minerals supply chains to safeguard the future of British industries "risks being undermined by a lack of capacity in the electricity grid".
A new study from Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership looks at how grid constraints in mineral-rich areas like Cornwall will hold back the development of strategic national resources vital to a raft of British industries, from car making to defence.
According to the study, Cornwall alone could meet more than half of the UK's 2030 demand for lithium, which is an important component of electric vehicle batteries and the transition to net zero.
