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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Rob Davies

Solar and wind ‘will miss 2030 clean energy target without £48bn funding’

Solar farm adjacent to a windfarm
Hitting Great Britain’s 2030 target will require the doubling of onshore wind and the tripling of solar power. Photograph: Paul White/UK Industries/Alamy

Solar and wind power generation will fall well below the target needed to decarbonise Great Britain’s electricity grid by 2030 without an injection of £48bn, according to a forecast from one of the UK’s leading energy analysis companies.

The government has promised to deliver a zero-carbon electricity system by 2030, requiring the doubling of onshore wind, tripling of solar power and quadrupling of offshore wind capacity.

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