https://www.newpower.info/2020/07/national-grid-net-zero-scenarios-raise-the-question-gas-or-no-gas/ Expert information for all those invested in the UK's energy future Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 https://www.newpower.info/2020/07/national-grid-net-zero-scenarios-raise-the-question-gas-or-no-gas/#comment-81507 David Dundas Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:53:12 +0000 http://www.newpower.info/?p=9053#comment-81507 Carbon capture and storage can only be used as an intermediate step to net zero carbon emissions because the best CO2 capture tectnology is only up to 95% efficient; also long term there is a limited capacity in the UK to store CO2 in deep geological formations. By 2050 all hydrogen will need to be produced by electroysis with zero carbon electricity, or imported from countries that have lots of sunlight and large areas to capture it, such as Saudi Arabia who are building huge electrolysis plant. New Power should be monitoring where all the zero carbon electricity will come from by 2050 as renewables only generated 7% of the energy demand in 2018 (2,226 TWh according to BEIS).

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