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UK’s Committee on Climate Change sinks nuclear power in the UK in favour of renewables.

Dave Toke’s Blog 10th May 2019 Committee on Climate Change sinks nuclear power in the UK in favour of renewables. Few people seem to have noticed how the Committee on Climate
Change, in their ‘Net Zero’ report (net zero carbon emissions for 2050 for
the UK), have effectively junked nuclear power in favour of renewable
energy.

Indeed a careful reading of the evidence produced by the CCC
completely upends the former received wisdom that renewable energy could
not, on its own, achieve the UK’s long term carbon emission reduction
targets.

The late David McKay’s argument (see ‘Sustainable Energy without
hot air’) that large quantities of nuclear power were necessary have been
quietly sidelined by the CCC. Rather, the evidence presented by the CCC
says that not only can renewables do the whole job (on the supply side,
having taken account of demand reduction measures), but renewables can do
things much more cheaply than either nuclear power or carbon capture and
storage.

The CCC argues that investment in renewable energy will save
consumers money, whilst investment in nuclear power and carbon capture and
storage will cost a lot of money (eg see Table 2.3 page 43).

http://realfeed-intariffs.blogspot.com/2019/05/committee-on-climate-change-sinks.html

May 13, 2019 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, UK

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