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UK – renewable energy to go up 33%, while energy demand to drop

UK renewable energy supply to jump to 33 pct-NatGrid,   Energy demand to drop 5 pct between 2020 and 2030… By Henning Gloystein and Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s total energy supply from renewable sources is set to double to more than 30 percent between 2020 and 2030 if the government reaches its climate and renewable energy policy targets, the National Grid said on Tuesday.

Renewable energy generation is set to rise from 232 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2020 to 474 TWh between 2020 and 2030, a share of 33 percent of total supply, Britain’s grid operator said in its ‘Gone Green Scenario’, which is part of its UK Future Energy Scenarios published on Tuesday.

During the same period, Britain’s total energy demand is set to drop by nearly 5 percent from 1,471 terawatt-hours (TWh) to 1,402 TWh.

November 23, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general